The president of the CNE denounces “an attack against the data transmission system” and asks the Attorney General for an investigation
The president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, announced this Monday that the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has won the presidential elections in the country, thus obtaining re-election by achieving 51 percent of the votes, according to partial results.
Maduro has obtained 5.1 million votes, according to 80 percent of the votes counted. For his part, the opposition candidate, Edmundo González, has come in second with 44 percent of the votes (4.4 million votes). The participation rate has exceeded the previous ones by more than ten percentage points, reaching 59 percent.
Amoroso explained in a press conference that he was addressing “all the people of Venezuela in the use of his exclusive constitutional and legal powers” more than six hours after the closing of the polling stations due to “an attack against the data transmission system that has delayed” the transmission of the results.
In this regard, he reported that he has “immediately” requested the country’s attorney general to begin an investigation “into the terrorist actions perpetrated” against the electoral system, against the voting centers and the electoral officials. Thus, he has made an appeal to Venezuelans “to respect the Constitution, the laws of the Republic and the mandate of the people expressed in the voting machines, as well as peace” throughout the territory.
