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Time to bump my own thread again with some more truth squad action:
Check this out from Venezuela Analysis:
Here we go again. First, all of the opposition signed off on the tallies at each voting station, then when Capriles loses, they cry "fraud.". Now, guess what's next?
Capriles withdraws support for an audit!, also from Venezuelanalysis:
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Check this out from Venezuela Analysis:
Venezuelas Electoral Council Approves Audit of 100 Percent of Votes
By Chris Carlson
Maracaibo, April 18th, 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) Venezuelas National Electoral Council (CNE) announced Thursday that it would carry out an audit of 100 percent of the votes in last Sundays presidential elections.
CNE President Tibisay Lucena made the announcement in a nationwide broadcast this evening, after the Capriles campaign formally submitted a request for a full recount on Wednesday.
A random audit of 54 percent of the votes is routinely conducted immediately after the polls close on election day, and was done without any discrepancies on Sunday evening.
However, opposition leaders have refused to recognize the official results, and demanded a full recount of 100 percent of the votes.
Protests erupted around the country demanding a recount after Capriles refused to recognize the outcome, and resulted in various deaths and dozens wounded. Yet the Capriles campaign did not formally request a recount as stipulated by law until yesterday evening.
The CNEs decision will not be a full recount of the votes as the opposition has demanded, but rather an audit of the remaining 46 percent of the votes that were not audited on the night of the elections.
We will select a sample that will be audited for 10 days and a report of the results will be emitted. This procedure will be repeated every 10 days for 30 days in the presence of witnesses from both camps, said Lucena.
Lucena said that 400 ballot boxes would be audited per day, and that the start date of the audit process will be announced next week.
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles immediately responded by accepting the CNE decision, and claimed that the full audit would reveal the elections were fraudulent.
Here we go again. First, all of the opposition signed off on the tallies at each voting station, then when Capriles loses, they cry "fraud.". Now, guess what's next?
Capriles withdraws support for an audit!, also from Venezuelanalysis:
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Capriles Withdraws Support for Electoral Audit
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By Ryan Mallett-Outtrim
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14 April presidential elections result dispute
Henrique Capriles
Opposition
Mérida, 26thApril 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) After striking a deal with the National Electoral Council for an audit of the April 14 elections last week, yesterday opposition leader Henrique Capriles called for a boycott of the process. He then vowed to contest the results in Venezuela's Supreme Court.
Reiterating his demands for a total audit of just under 15 million fingerprints and signatures, Capriles then told media that if we don't have access to the registers, we are not going to participate.
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While stating that he does not expect the Supreme Court to give us a favourable reply, Capriles said that would go go through all the legal procedures.
He then called for opposition supporters to protest on 1 May, a move criticised by the government.
Today, Bolivarian Socialist Workers' Central General Coordinator Carlos Lopez told media that over half a million Chavistas are expected to march on May Day, and expressed fears that the opposition intends to create violence.
An investigation into Capriles' role in a wave of violence involving opposition protesters following the 14 April elections is already under way, and Prisons Minister Iris Varela has publicly stated we are preparing a cell for you [Capriles] because you must pay for your crimes.
Opposition protests resumed on Wednesday night, after a televised government announcement interrupted a live interview with Capriles on Globovision.
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