Venezuela | Former candidate Antonio Ecarri appears before Supreme Court
The former candidate from the Pencil Alliance, Antonio Ecarri goes to the Supreme Court of Justice for the hearing on the July 28 elections. teleSUR
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00:00We go live to Venezuela, Caracas, to the Supreme Court of Justice of Caracas, Venezuela, where
00:13former electoral candidates of the elections of July 28th are appearing before the Supreme
00:24Court of Justice of Venezuela at the request of President Nicolás Maduro, who filed an
00:36appeal to investigate, to perform a judicial process in order to clarify the electoral
00:48process that took place in the country on July 28th.
00:54For the second consecutive day, the Supreme Court of Justice electoral chamber is receiving
00:59former presidential candidates.
01:01At this moment, Antonio Ecarri is appearing before the President of the Supreme Court
01:10of Justice.
01:13Last week, the Supreme Court officially summoned the ten presidential candidates and the representatives
01:20of political parties to present all the electoral materials they have in their possession.
01:26This is a process that started on Wednesday and today is the second consecutive day of
01:32hearings in the capital of Venezuela, Caracas.
01:38In this context, let's highlight that Raimundo González, who was a candidate for the Democratic
01:44Unity platform, did not appear at the hearing in the Supreme Court of Justice electoral
01:49chamber, where he was expected to present the voting records from the presidential elections
01:56held on July 28th.
01:59According to the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, the failure to appear before
02:04the electoral chamber will have the consequences provided for in our current legal system.
02:13In the elections on July 28th, let's recall that the candidate of the Great Patriotic
02:18Fall, Nicolás Maduro, was re-elected as President of Venezuela.
02:34Edmundo González also did not attend a previous summons for the Supreme Court.
02:39Instead, his party did not recognize the election results and attempted to usurp the
02:45authority of the National Electoral Council, promoting violent acts on July 29th and 30th,
02:53which caused significant material damage.
02:57Two security agents were killed and over 140 people were injured.
03:04Some of the culprits, for example, burned official facilities, government buildings,
03:10educational institutions, health centers, and monuments, among others, for the payment
03:17of sums of money.
03:19Also more than 80 officers were injured.
03:30For the voting day, González assured that he would not sign, and he didn't sign it,
03:35the agreement to recognize the presidential election results as an instrument of political
03:43ethics through which 8 out of 10 candidates publicly committed to recognizing the results
03:50and contributing to the country's peace.
03:54Let's recall that the former candidate of the Great Patriotic Fall and President Nicolás
03:58Maduro will appear on Friday before the Supreme Court.
04:04This political coalition is prepared to deliver 100% of the tally sheets, according to the
04:11President, who assured so during stressed appearances before the people and the press.
04:20Let's remember that this week the Supreme Court of President Carizga Rodríguez summoned
04:27all former presidential candidates to present the electoral records in their possession
04:32from August 7th to 9th.
04:35This request responds to the contentious action presented by Venezuelan President Nicolás
04:41Maduro, who asked the Supreme Court for a thorough investigation of the presidential
04:47elections to clear any accusations of fraud.
04:52All electoral instruments in the possession of political parties and candidates must be
04:57presented.
04:58We were seeing live images from the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela during the second
05:04day of hearings to former electoral candidates that took part in the elections of July 28th
05:11in the country.
05:12This judicial investigation is taking place at the request of President-elect Nicolás
05:18Maduro.
05:19This is all for the moment, stay tuned with From the South.