The head of state and candidate for presidential re-election, Nicolás Maduro, affirmed that the signing of the Agreement for the Recognition of the Electoral Results in the presidential elections on July 28 is an important step for peace and respect for the National Electoral Council (CNE). as referee of the elections: «We have just signed this important agreement for the peace of Venezuela, everything that needs to be done for the peace, stability, tranquility of Venezuela, will always have our signature, we will always be there whenever the arbitrator calls.»
He stressed that “if one signs up for a competition, he has to respect the referee, it is the ABC of any competition.”
He highlighted that this is an “anti-guarimba (anti-rioting) signing, because there are those who like to use electoral processes, to prepare for violence, to cry fraud. Today with this signing we have told them that we do not want violence, we respect the referee, if the referee calls you, you are obliged as a candidate to attend, to listen to the referee.»
Furthermore, the head of state and presidential candidate expressed that the document that has been signed has «values and I tell the people of Venezuela, let’s take care of peace, today we have taken an important step to take care of peace.»
Likewise, he reiterated that the signing of this document is in perfect line with the Barbados document, the Caracas Dialogue, and is now the document of the electoral referee: “I call on all Venezuelans to support this agreement and to respect the electoral referee and make his word sacred. «Venezuela wants tranquility to continue its economic and social recovery.»
