Election at the service of the masses

The Communist Party of Kenya can assert that the Venezuelan electoral system has a lot to offer for the people of the world. An election used as a tool for participatory democracy away from over-publicized western democracies that only help to consolidate power in the hands of a few rich criminals. The election process was made simple and obvious, making it easy for the masses to participate. The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) government, under the leadership of President Nicholas Maduro, has had tremendous success in the front of political education and organizing. The literacy program has been helpful to the Venezuelan population to effectively use the election process to exercise people's popular power. The resounding victory of the PSUV by winning 253 out of the 277 was a vote of confidence on the Bolivarian Socialist project and a humiliation to the far-right fundamentalists led by the western puppet Juan Guido.

The process was inclusive and diverse. Both the indigenous population and the afro-descendent people had their right of representation supported by the Bolivarian Socialist project.

Venezuelan Election held a mid-USA aggression 

The election was held in the context of a country besieged by the criminal blockade imposed by the government of the United States and by permanent threats of intervention by the leading military power of the world. Since the Venezuelan people elected Comandante Hugo Chávez as President of the Republic on December 6, 1998, the United States developed a strategic doctrine that has dominated relations between the two countries ever since. This doctrine of "regime change," has led to coups d’états, financing of the terrorist opposition, attempts at assassination of the President and the imposition of a parallel government, and periodic launching of a mercenary invasion. All of these actions constitute a massive violation of the human rights of the Venezuelan people and a flagrant transgression of international law

The Election System Audit as a Guarantee of Transparency

The election was subjected to more than ten audits. This was conducted one day to voting, during, and after the vote in order to validate each of the key processes of the electoral system, which allows certifying its quality and invulnerability. In these audits, technicians of the National Electoral Council (CNE) participated directly, together with representatives of all the political parties, national and international experts, African delegations, independent observers, and the citizens themselves. The Communist Party of Kenya was pleased with this high level of transparency. The technology delivered with simplicity the possibility of the Venezuelan people to exercise their right to vote. The entire voting act was in accordance with the biosecurity protocols required for the prevention of Covid-19

The  Venezuelan electoral system is solid and sound with an automated system that has been refined and strengthened during the Bolivarian Revolution. The results released by the National Electoral Council was a faithful reflection of the free will of Venezuelan voters. The Communist Party of Kenya highly recommends the Kenyan Government to benchmark their system with the Venezuelan system instead of traveling to those backward capitalist democracies that have designed opaque systems to help them usurp peoples' power.

The Aggression against the People of Venezuela

The Venezuelan people have resisted with dignity and firmness the imperial aggression of the blockade and the so-called sanctions, which have intensified during the Covid-19 pandemic. See below an extract from the UN rapporteur report 2020

The United States has imposed sanctions against Venezuela since 2015.
A 2014 U.S. law led to sanctions against Venezuelan officials and foreign policy. In 2017, the United States denounced the election of a Constituent Assembly in Venezuela as illegitimate and imposed sanctions against the government and its entities. In 2018, after Venezuelan presidential elections, the United States tightened its sanctions against the government, citing economic mismanagement, corruption, repression of political opponents, and efforts to undermine democracy. In January 2019, after recognizing the newly elected President of the National Assembly as Venezuela's interim President, the United States imposed further sanctions against PDVSA, the Venezuelan Central Bank and key government officials, and it imposed a total economic embargo in August 2019. U.S.

The European Union imposed sanctions against Venezuela in 2017, including an arms embargo, a ban on exports of other goods that might be used for internal repression, a ban on exports of technology and material made for telecommunications monitoring or interception, and travel bans and asset freezes on individuals. It was also reported that $1.2 billion in Venezuela Government funds have been frozen by a Portuguese bank in 2019. Nearly $2 billion in gold owned by the Central Bank of Venezuela and held in the Bank of England is also frozen as a case proceeds in British courts. In 2017 and 2018, Canada froze assets and banned dealings in the property of Venezuelan officials. In 2019, thirteen of the fourteen Lima Group countries agreed to ban Venezuelan officials' entry and deny them access to their financial systems. Also, in 2019, a majority of parties to the Rio Treaty approved a resolution allowing targeted sanctions, including asset freezes against Venezuelan officials

The Kenya Venezuela Solidarity Committee and the Communist Party of Kenya will remain in solidarity with the people, government and President of Venezuela, comrade Maduro, as they struggle to build the Bolivarian revolution. We condemn US imperialism and its allies that are using all means possible, including brutal and unjust sanctions against the Bolivarian Republic. The imperialist counter-revolutionary war against Venezuela will never succeed in defeating the popular democracy and mass revolution of the Bolivarian revolution. This was proved by the results of the free, fair and participatory elections that the Communist Party of Kenya, African and World political parties and organizations observed.

Reference:

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26747&LangID=E