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The Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela (TSJ) on August 22 declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of the election on July 28.
The ruling, announced by Chief Justice Caryslia Rodriguez, stressed that the TSJ “certified indisputably the electoral documents and confirmed the results of the presidential election of July 28, 2024, announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE), and named Mr. Maduro as the winner.
On August 2, the CNE announced the results of the vote count of 96.87% of the total votes, according to which, incumbent President Maduro won with 51.95% of the votes. However, opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia declared that he did not recognize the above results.
The TSJ later asserted that the opposition parties supporting presidential candidate González Urrutia had failed to present any evidence or records related to the alleged fraud in the July 28 election. The TSJ also said that despite receiving a summons, Mr. González Urrutia did not appear in court.
TSJ began hearings on August 7 for all 10 candidates running in the recent presidential election to push the court to certify the official results of the election.
