The U.S. government
on Wednesday (1/5), condemned the clashes that
occurred on Tuesday (30/4) in the Venezuelan parliament,
and described the riots as "totally inappropriate".
"Let me tell clearly, unrest
has no place in a democratic system of representation, and especially inappropriate
in the national
assembly," said a spokesman for the U.S. State Department Patrick Ventrell in a briefing.
"We are
very concerned at all by the riots," said Ventrell, which urged
all parties in Venezuela
to refrain from violence.
Clashes occurred
in the Venezuelan parliament on Tuesday. A
number of legislators injury,
amid rising tensions on the results of the
presidential election - which is
being disputed. Members
of the opposition and the ruling parties at
each other during the fight,
each side accusing the other party start riots.
Venezuelan National
Electoral Council (CNE) on April 15 officially
announced Nicolas Maduro as president-elect
for the 2013-2019 term, after confirming
his victory in the presidential election
held the day before. CNE rejected claims of
fraud Henriqu Capriles,
the presidential candidate of the opposition coalition. Maduro was sworn in as
the new President of Venezuela on April 19.
Washington, which
has not been publicly acknowledged Maduro as
the new President of Venezuela, has prompted the re-counting ballots.
CNE on
Monday (29/4) start
counting partial ballots
in the presidential election.
"To raise
greater confidence about the vote tally, we think
is good for all institutions
and for Venezuela
Venezuelans to do
that and check the irregularities," said Ventrell at the press conference on Wednesday (1/5), as quoted refer
Xinhua.Ia the re-counting process that is
ongoing.
Sources :
http://www.republika.co.id/berita/internasional/global/13/05/02/mm5b4a-amerika-serikat-kutuk-kerusuhan-di-parlemen-venezuela
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