Written questions

Venezuela: Elections

Commons · Question 4344 · Tabled 5 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 12 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Sammy Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has taken recent steps to call on the Venezuelan National Election Council to publish the voting records from the Presidential election in that country.

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 12 Sep 2024

The UK does not accept the legitimacy of the administration put in place by Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela in 2018. The UN was clear the outcome of the Venezuelan elections in July this year cannot be deemed credible without the National Electoral Council pu...