Orlando Maneiro Gaspar, ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Cuba, denounced the interventionist maneuvers that are being developed to destabilize the presidential elections that will be held in his country next July.
The diplomat emphasized that the Venezuelan people want peace, tranquility during the electoral process, and for Venezuela to wake up the day after July 28 in brotherhood; We don’t want violence, he said.
Maneiro Gaspar explained before diplomats from other nations accredited in Cuba, journalists and intellectuals, that those who want to access power by force have appealed to the major media and information transnationals and are misinforming the world, distorting reality. and seek to cloud the elections.
This is the most diverse electoral process that has been carried out during the Revolution, 11 of the 37 political parties are related to it, the rest are opponents.
The ambassador spoke about the evolution of the electoral system that allows guarantees for the entire process, and despite an agreement between the registered parties, signed on June 20 recently, which advocates recognizing the results of the popular will, there are those who seek to make the results invisible. advances of the Bolivarian Revolution.
Venezuela is preparing for the presidential elections in a complex context, victim of more than 960 unilateral coercive measures imposed by imperialism, and the major media that ignore reality seek to position negative matrices.
The majority of Venezuelans are committed to free, democratic elections and an environment of peace, which is why we reject interference in the country’s internal affairs and call for respect for territorial integrity, Orlando Maneiro Gaspar said.
Abel Prieto Jiménez, president of Casa de las Américas, recalled a recent statement from that prestigious institution and noted that this is a permanent battle between truth and lies, between fascism and true democracy, not the one set by the imperial canons.
It is necessary that the honest people of the world realize the trap they are plotting for the day after the elections, they intend to denounce fraud in the Bolivarian nation, it is very important to be alert, the stability of Latin America, the Caribbean and further, stated the renowned intellectual.
The election process is the recognition of one and the other, commented the ambassador, and although there is an agreement, signed on October 17, 2023 in Barbados, to that end, there were opposition parties that do not recognize it and insist on destabilization.
