In a VERY close election race that pitted Nicolas Maduro against Henrique
Radonski, Nicolas Maduro achieved 50.8% of
Venezuela's votes in Sunday's election, while opposing candidate Henrique Radonski won 49.0%. Venezuela's top election official agreed with the
results, saying that the voting system that Venezuela used had worked
perfectly. But did it really?
Recently, Radonski has said that the voting was not fair
and there should be a recount of the votes. Also, Radonski called his
supporters to protest as he called Maduro an "illegitimate" leader.
He was saying that Maduro was only elected because Hugo Chavez said that Maduro
should be the countries next leader. Radonski's basic claim is that Maduro is
riding on Hugo's coattails. The Venezuelan's response to this was that
they thoroughly counted each and every ballot to make sure the election was
fair. However, if they say that they counted fairly, why is it that they won’t
hold a recount? As the tension mounted on Monday night, the head of Maduro's
campaign published a statement saying that Radonski did not know how to loose
and that he was being childish.
If the Venezuelan government has nothing to hide, then why
won’t they hold a recount of the submitted ballots? What do you
think? Should the government give another look at the votes?
