Den 6. december 2020 er der valg af nye medlemmer til Venezuelas lovgivende nationalforsamling, sådan som det er foreskrevet i landets forfatning.
Ud over den store mængde af politiske forslag (fra 107 partier, der deltager i valgkampen og har opstillet 14.400 kandidater til de 277 parlamentariske pladser), udgør dette valg frem for alt en demokratisk, juridisk og fredelig løsning på den politiske og institutionelle krise, der blev skabt i januar 2019, da Juan Guaidó udråbte sig selv som "midlertidig præsident" for Venezuela.
I løbet af året 2020 har diskussionerne mellem regeringen og oppositionen, som er besluttet på at genoptage den forfatningsmæssige vej, ført til aftaler om garantier af valget, der enstemmigt er accepteret af alle politiske tendenser, som deltager i denne valgproces.
På trods af sine gentagne opfordringer til dialog i Venezuela nægtede Den Europæiske Union at acceptere denne nye demokratiske enighed. Og EU besluttede at afvise den venezuelanske stats invitation til at sende observatører for at sikre en god gennemførelse af valget.
Denne modsigelse følger af et permanent pres fra USA's regering, der er begravet i en operation, hvis mål ikke er respekt for hverken demokrati eller valgprocesser, men snarere "regimeændring" for enhver pris. Denne tilpasning til Washingtons aggressive politik er et alvorligt tegn på opgivelsen af en uafhængig udenrigspolitik, der ellers er blevet fremhævet i adskillige erklæringer fra EU.
Hvis EU vil virke for fred i en turbulent verden, bør Unionen ikke understøtte voldens og konfrontationens vej i Venezuela.
Derfor beder vi EU om at respektere valgresultatet den 6. december og støtte det venezuelanske folks demokratiske vilje.
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- Ignacio Ramonet, Journalist, Writer, France
- Maurizio Acerbo, National Secretary of Rifundazione Comunista, Italy
- Katu Arconada, Political Scientist, Spain
- Bahman Azad, US Peace Council, USA
- Carlos Aznarez, journalist, Argentina
- Frei Betto, theologian, writer, Brazil
- Ginevra Bompiani, writer, Italy
- Atilio Boron, Political Scientist, Argentina
- Luis Brito, writer, Venezuela
- Fernando Buen Abad, Academic, Mexico
- Hernando Calvo Ospina, journalist, Colombia
- Massimo Carlotto, writer, Italy
- Stella Calloni, journalist, Argentina
- Camille Chalmers, Economist, Haiti
- André Chassaigne, member of parliament, French Communist Party, France
- Michel Collon, journalist, Belgium
- Geraldina Colotti, journalist, Italy
- Piedad Cordoba, Human Rights Defender, Colombia
- Rafael Correa, former President of Ecuador, Ecuador
- Javier Couso, former member of the European Parliament, Spain
- Sevim Dagdelen, Member of Parliament, Die Linke, Germany
- Victor Dedaj, LeGrandSoir.info, France
- Diether Dehm, Member of Parliament, Die Linke, Germany
- Mireille Fanon-Mendes-France, President of the Frantz Fanon Foundation, France
- Paolo Ferrero, former Minister of the Republic, Italy
- Eleonora Florenza, former member of the European Parliament,, Italy
- Luiz Eduardo Greenhald, member of the PT National Board and lawyer of Lula, Brazil
- Heike Hänsel, Member of Parliament, Die Linke, Germany
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- Gleisi Hoffman, Member of Parliament, President of the Workers' Party, Brazil
- Rahmatou Keïta, filmmaker, journalist, Niger
- Tamara Kunanayakam, diplomat, Sri Lanka
- Micheline Ladouceur, geographer, Canada
- Florencia Lagos, journalist, Chile
- Irene Leon, sociologist, Ecuador
- Benedicte Liénard, filmmaker, Belgium
- Gilberto Lopez, Professor-Researcher INAH, Mexico
- Fabio Marcelli, Director of the Institute of International Legal Studies, Italy
- Citto Maselli, filmmaker, Italy
- Philip Mc Garry, RMT political officer, Scotland
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Member of Parliament, La France Insoumise, France
- Romain Migus, journalist, France
- Gianni Mina, journalist, Italy
- Maite Mola, Vice-President of the European Left Party, Spain
- Juan Carlos Monedero, academic, Spain
- Zaklin Nastic, Member of Parliament Die Linke, Germany
- Alexander Neu, Member of Parliament, Die Linke, Germany
- Angelo D'Orsi, Historian, Italy
- Jean Ortiz, Academic, France
- Moni Ovadia, actor, Italy
- Jean François Parent, architect, France
- Sandra Pereira, Member of the European Parliament PCP, Vice-President of Eurolat, Portugal
- Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize, Argentina
- Paolo Pietrangeli, filmmaker, Italy
- Paulo Pimenta, Federal Deputy, Brazil
- Manu Pineda, member of european parliament PCE, Spain
- Victor Rios, historian, Spain
- Milton Rondó, diplomate, Brésil
- Maria de Rosario Nunez, Federal Deputy, Brazil
- Eva-Maria Schreiber, Member of Parliament, Die Linke, Germany
- Francisco Sierra, Academic, President ULEPICC, Spain
- Bruno Sommer, co-founder Elciudadano.com, Chile
- Azzedine Taïbi, mayor of Stains, France
- Arantxa Tirado, political scientist, Spain
- Alexander Ulrich, Member of Parliament, Die Linke, Germany
- Vauro, cartoonist, Italy
- Miguel Viegas, Member of european Parliament, Portugal
- Maxime Vivas, writer, France
- Kathrin Vogler, member of parliament, Die Linke, Germany
- Roger Waters, musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd, United Kingdom
- Hubert Wulfranc, member of parliament, PCF, France
- Alfred de Zayas, ex-Relator Especial do Conselho dos Direitos Humanos das Nações Unidas, Suíça
- Massimo Zuccheti, Lecturer in Nuclear Engineering, Italy
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