They came as “election observers,” invited by the opposition but without the relevant authorization, and they traveled to Caracas knowing that their entry into the country would not be accepted. Venezuela maintains its veto of EU observers due to EU sanctions against dozens of Venezuelan officials.
A delegation of PP parliamentarians and senators has been expelled from Venezuelaafter attempting to enter the South American country without permission officially.
According to members of the delegation, this was the case invited by the Venezuelan opposition as observers of Sunday’s elections. However, They did not have permission relevant. Despite this, they traveled to Caracas this Friday, knowing that their entry into the country would not be accepted. The same thing happened to other delegations from other countries, also invited by the opposition.
Regarding the popular delegation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Spanish Government explained that both the Senate Table and the Popular Parliamentary Group (GPP) have requested to go as an electoral observation mission to Venezuela and the department led by José Manuel. Albares did not see any problem with this request.
Therefore, he has transferred and carried out all procedures for this with the Venezuelan authorities.
However, Venezuelan authorities refused permission and the Foreign Office informed both the Senate and the GPP, “which is why all political groups, except the PP, decided not to make the trip,” ministry sources said.
The PP has chosen to travel and, as expected, as soon as she arrives at the airport Caracas, were arrested and deported back to SpainAccording to Albares’ ministry, the people’s parliamentarians were assisted by the Spanish Consul General in Caracas, who was waiting for them at the airport “to provide them with everything they needed.”
The PP delegation was led by MEP and Deputy Secretary of Institutional Affairs Esteban González Pons and Popular Group spokesman Miguel Tellado. They were accompanied by the Vice-President of the Lower House, Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, and deputies Macarena Montesinos and Belén Hoyo, as well as senators Juanjo Matarí and Alfonso Serrano.
Landing in Barajas this morning, they described the actions of the Spanish government, which “shared the Chavista speech” in the face of their expulsion, as “deplorable,” and called former President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, an observer in the country, “indecent” in the run-up to Sunday’s elections.
The elections Venezuelans will celebrate this Sunday Overview of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a panel of experts from the UN, the Carter Center and the African Union; more from 600 observers international in total.
However, Venezuela maintains the veto for observers from the European Union as a counterpart to the sanctions (such as a ban on entry into any of the 27 EU countries or the freezing of their assets and property in the EU) that the European body has against dozens of officials Venezuelans, including until a few weeks ago the president of the National Electoral Council of Venezuela, Elvis Amoroso.
Source: EITB
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