MSJ : VENEZUELA ELECTION WAS FAIR

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MSJ Political leader David Abdulah has congratulated Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro  on his victory in last Sunday's presidential election.   Abdulah is condemning the U-S and Right Wing narrative that the election was rigged.

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00:00The Movement for Social Justice has congratulated President Nicolas Maduro, the PSUV and the

00:06Venezuelan people on the outcome of the presidential election.

00:10The MSG says it had two representatives in the South American country to observe the

00:15proceedings.

00:16Based upon the feedback that we got as well from our election observers who were present

00:21in Venezuela, that the polling stations that they would have visited and observed exactly

00:28what was taking place at each polling station that they visited and they reported that polling

00:34was very peaceful, people lined up quietly, you know, and cast their ballots and then

00:42left the polling station area.

00:44There was no sign of any intimidation.

00:47On July 28th, more than 12 million Venezuelans went to the polls and when the results were

00:53counted, President Maduro was re-elected for another six-year term from 2025 to 2031.

01:02In its Tuesday talks program, political leader of the MSG David Abdullah says his party has

01:07no doubt the election was free and fair.

01:11Among those who cast ballots were several hundred Venezuelans resident in TNT.

01:16Mr. Abdullah condemned what he termed right-wing and the U.S. agenda to subvert the democratic

01:23will of the people.

01:24But the United States government, historically over the years, over 200 years since the Mandela

01:31period, has absolutely no moral authority to talk about democracy, the rule of law,

01:39respect for the rights of people and the will, majority will.

01:43They have absolutely no moral authority because their actions in Latin America, and even gone

01:48to Africa.

01:49We could talk about the deposition of Patrice Lumumba, democratically elected in the Congo,

01:56was deposed, assassinated, brutally tortured and murdered and so on by the Belgians, supported

02:01by the United States.

02:03Abdullah says within the past few years, the economic standing of Venezuela has improved.

02:08In the last two to three years, the situation in Venezuela was turned around very significantly.

02:15Even the IMF and World Bank projected that there would be growth in the last year, this

02:20year, of more than 4%, which would have been the highest growth rates in terms of the economy

02:26of any country in Latin America.

02:27The United Socialist Party of Venezuela obtained 51.2% of the votes cast, while the main opposition

02:34candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez, got 44.2%.

02:38Arvijit Tewari, Rupanarayan, TV6 News.

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