Caracas, August 6, 2024.- The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has a new democracy that has undergone constant tests and a legal framework, a legal process that has adapted to each moment in the history of the Bolivarian Revolution.
This was explained by the Executive Secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), Jorge Arreaza, during his speech at the online webinar “What is really happening in Venezuela?”, held from Canada.
The Executive Secretary recalled that the people of Venezuela approved an amendment to the Constitution allowing presidential re-election through an electoral process held in 2006.
“We have had 31 elections in 25 years of Revolution… We have also had 170,000 elections for Communal Councils so far,” Arreaza emphasized.

He asserted that since the arrival of the Bolivarian Revolution until now, “the struggle has always been between the internal bourgeoisie and their imperialist masters to regain control of the country’s oil reserves and its wealth.”
Regarding the presidential elections on July 28, he said that on that day the people made their decision. “Nicolás Maduro won the election; we are heading towards prosperity and a new stage of deepening the Revolution,” he declared.
On the other hand, he underlined that the Bolivarian Republic has the safest electoral system in the world and also the most auditable one.
“The records of each vote are not published; they are safeguarded by the Electoral Branch,” and can be requested by the political parties participating in each contest.
Arreaza stressed that after the elections and the attacks against the electoral system, President Maduro introduced a legal protection measure before the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ in Spanish) to safeguard the elections and ensure the legal transparency of the process.
The Supreme Court of Justice will review the electoral records with each of the 10 candidates, and the highest body will make the relevant decision within the timeframe established by the laws of the Republic.
