Editorial: Le Monde

• Maduro, President of Venezuela, declared himself the winner of the presidential elections claiming 51.2% of the votes, while his main opponent, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, received 44.2%.
• Gonzalez and Machado, the initial opposition candidate, claim to have 73% of polling records, claiming to have 6.2 million votes for the opposition and 2.7 million for Maduro.
• Numerous countries support the dispute of official results, requesting a full review of the results with independent observers.
• Maduro administration's honesty is questioned due to the conduct of elections and electoral campaign.
• The electoral campaign was marked by the detention of dozens of activists and collaborators from the opposition along with several acts of intimidation.
• Only Russia, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Bolivia have recognized Maduro's victory, which casts doubt on the legitimacy of his re-election without total transparency of results.

Conclusion: An independent examination of the account for validating the elections is crucial. The Venezuelan people have suffered enough. It's time to allow them to improve their economy, restore freedom and allow emigrants to return home.

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