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Electoral Power ratifies victory of the Yes in the referendum on the Essequibo

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December 7 |

The president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, Elvis Amoroso, offered to the public opinion new details on the voting during the consultative referendum on the Essequibo Guayana, held last December 3, and ratified the victory of the Yes vote in said democratic exercise.

He added that the new update corresponds to the transmission of 99.89 percent of the votes counted. On the other hand, he specified that there was a 51.01 percent participation of the electoral roll, which in concrete figures corresponds to 10,555,092 voters.

He then recalled the five questions of the referendum and offered the most recent figures computed:

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1) Do you agree to reject, by all means, in accordance with the law, the line fraudulently imposed by the Paris Arbitration Award of 1899 that intends to dispossess us of our Essequiba Guyana? Yes – 10,315,445 votes (98 percent) / No – 210,329 (2 percent) / Valid votes – 10,525,814 / Void votes – 29,278 / Total votes – 10,555,092

2) Do you support the 1966 Geneva Agreement as the only valid legal instrument to reach a practical and satisfactory solution for Venezuela and Guyana, regarding the dispute over the territory of Guayana Esequiba? Yes – 10,322,718 votes (98.27 percent) / No – 181,725 (1.73 percent) / Valid votes – 10,504,443 / Null votes – 50,649 / Total votes – 10,555,092

3) Do you agree with Venezuela’s historical position of not recognizing the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice to resolve the territorial dispute over Guayana Esequiba? Yes – 10,132,099 votes (96.35 percent) / No – 384,321 (3.65 percent) / Valid Votes – 10,516,420 / Spoiled Votes – 38,672 / Total Votes – 10,555,092

4) Do you agree to oppose, by all means, in accordance with the law, Guyana’s claim to unilaterally dispose of a sea pending delimitation, illegally and in violation of International Law? Yes – 10,134,189 votes (96.37 percent) / No – 381,770 (3.63 percent) / Valid votes – 10,515,959 / Void votes – 39,133 / Total votes – 10,555,092

5) Do you agree with the creation of the state of Guayana Esequiba and the development of an accelerated plan for the integral attention of the current and future population of said territory, which includes, among others, the granting of Venezuelan citizenship and identity card, in accordance with the Geneva Agreement and International Law, consequently incorporating said state in the map of the Venezuelan territory? Yes – 10,070,255 votes (96.37 percent) / No – 379,397 (3.63 percent) / Valid votes – 10,449,652 / Null votes – 105,440 / Total votes – 10,555,092

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Mr. Amoroso reiterated the CNE’s congratulations to voters for their participation in the historic referendum.

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