In a statement, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said he had 'to conclude that conditions are not met, at this stage, for a transparent, inclusive, free and fair electoral process'
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell arrives for a summit at the European Council building, in Brussels, on July 17, 2020.The European Union said Tuesday it won’t send observers to monitor Venezuela’s upcoming congressional election, citing a lack of fair conditions for a vote that could erase the opposition’s last major domestic stronghold of power.
Still, he welcomed a report that President Nicolas Maduro’s government and an unspecified sector of the opposition are in talks over possibly delaying the vote, which is now set for Dec. 6.The election will fill seats in the National Assembly now headed by opposition leader Juan Guaido, who the U.S. and more than 50 other nations recognize as the country’s legitimate leader. They said Maduro’s re-election had been fraudulent.
More than two dozen leading opposition parties recently announced a boycott, aiming to undermine the vote’s legitimacy.
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