Maduro Calls EU Election Observers "Spies"
The Venezuelan President comments on the report issued by the European Union observers for the Venezuelan elections, and calls the observers who monitored the elections as "enemies" and "spies".
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro described Sunday the EU observers who monitored the recent local elections as "enemies" and "spies," denying the irregularities they referred to in their mission report.
"Those who came as enemies, the delegation of spies from the European Union, found not a bit of evidence to criticize the electoral system," Maduro affirmed.
He also said the elections were transparent, credible, fair, secure, and free, and considered that the Chavistas have achieved a resounding victory.
"The European Union couldn't stain the electoral process, it was impeccable, beautiful," he expressed.
Maduro's camp was declared the winner in the vast majority of the races, as the president announced that the Chavistas swept the local elections by winning in 20 states and in the capital, Caracas.
The ruling party won 210 mayoral races, while the opposition managed to win only 3 out of 23 governorships.
The EU observer mission said that despite what it called better conditions than in previous elections, it allegedly noted a "lack of adherence to the rule of law."
Mission head Isabel Santos claimed that "some laws affected the equality of conditions, the balance and the transparency of the elections."
On November 22, Maduro called on the EU observers to respect the results of the local elections and the national legitimacy of Venezuela.