This Wednesday, the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, stated that with the transmission of 99.89% of the votes counted and 51.01% of the electoral roll, participation in the consultative referendum on Essequibo was 10,555,092 voters.
Amoroso detailed the answers obtained in each of the questions, as indicated below:
1.- “Do you agree to reject by all means in accordance with the law the line fraudulently imposed by the Paris Arbitration Award of 1899 that seeks to deprive us of our Guayana Esequiba?”
Yes: 10,315,445 votes – 98%
No: 210,329 votes – 2%
Valid votes: 10,525,814
Null votes: 29,278
2.- “Do you support the 1966 Geneva Agreement as the only valid legal instrument to reach a practical and satisfactory solution for Venezuela and Guyana regarding the controversy over the territory of Guayana Esequiba?”
Yes: 10,322,718 – 98.27%
No: 181,725 – 1.73%
Valid votes: 10,504,443
Null votes: 50,649
3.- “Do you agree with Venezuela’s historical position of not acknowledging the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice to resolve the territorial controversy over Guayana Esequiba?”
Yes: 10,132,099 – 96.35%
No: 384,321 – 3.65%
Valid votes: 10,516,420
Null votes: 38,672
4.- “Do you agree to oppose by all means, in accordance with the law, Guyana’s claim to dispose unilaterally, illegally and in violation of international law, of a sea pending delimitation?”
Yes: 10,134,189 – 96.37%
No: 381,770 – 3.63%
Valid votes: 10,515,959
Null votes: 39,133
5.- “Do you agree with the creation of the Guayana Esequiba state and the development of an accelerated plan for the comprehensive care of the current and future population of that territory that includes, among others, the granting of citizenship and Venezuelan identity card in accordance with the Geneva Agreement and international law, consequently incorporating said state on the map of Venezuelan territory?”
Yes: 10,070,255 – 96.37%
No: 379,397 – 3.63%
Valid votes: 10,449,652
Null votes: 105,440
During a press conference, the highest authority of the Electoral Branch congratulated on behalf of his institution «the voters for their extraordinary participation in this unprecedented electoral process.»
