Venezuela | Carter Center to participate as observers in July 28 elections
Special envoy Yunus Soner reports on the arrival of the delegation from U.S. Carter Center, received on Monday by the Venezuelan Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino Lopez, which will participate as observers in the upcoming presidential elections. teleSUR
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00:00Venezuelan Ministry of Defence, Vladimir Padrino Lopez, received Monday the delegation from
00:05the U.S. Carter Center, which will participate as observers in the upcoming presidential
00:11elections on July 28th.
00:13Our special envoy, Juno Zunar, with the details.
00:17From the Hall of Honour, Simon Bolivar here in the Ministry of Defence in Caracas, Venezuela,
00:23where the Minister of Defence of Venezuela, Padrino Lopez, received an eight-person delegation
00:29of the Carter Center from the United States, a center founded by former U.S. President
00:36Jimmy Carter, which has a long history here in Venezuela.
00:39It has already observed and watched over seven different elections and referendums since
00:451998, and has confirmed the security of the electronic voting system in 2006, and an increase
00:53of citizens' confidence in the electoral system in 2012.
00:58So the delegation was welcomed by the Minister with the warmest words.
01:03He expressed his content of them being here, and said, actually, the Carter Center has
01:09made history already here in Venezuela.
01:12He described the atmosphere, the election atmosphere, as enthusiastic and full of joy,
01:17and explained to the delegation the so-called plan of the republic, whereby the armed forces
01:23secure the electorates and election centers and the voting machines ahead, during the
01:29election day, and afterwards as well.
01:32Within that plan of republic, thousands of soldiers will be deployed to the voting centers,
01:37and some of them already are, but the official deployment will start on July 24 with an official
01:43ceremony to make sure that every citizen has security to go to the election center and
01:50vote, and do this in a very easy, relaxed, and secure atmosphere.