UN report calls into question the integrity of Venezuela’s election results | News in brief

The electoral commission of Venezuela did not publish, for example, the results of polling stations.

Venezuela’s electoral commission did not show enough openness and honesty in handling the results of the country’s presidential election, UN election experts say in a report.

Not publishing polling station results is a decision without precedent in modern democratic elections, the report says.

The country’s National Electoral Commission announced the sitting president at the end of July Nicolas Maduro to have won the election, but the result has been widely questioned.

The Election Commission has not yet provided a breakdown of the election results, despite growing international pressure.

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