Petro Urges Transparency in Venezuelan Election Results Amid Controversy

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to release detailed vote counts from the recent election. Criticism has emerged over a lack of transparency from Venezuela's electoral authorities. The Carter Centre also indicated that the election did not meet international standards.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday urged his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, to release detailed vote counts from the recent election, where Maduro was declared the winner.

Petro's appeal came after the international community criticized the opacity surrounding the election results, with no polling center-level data disclosed as in previous elections.

The Carter Centre, a US-based independent organization, echoed the sentiment, stating that the failure to provide detailed results breached electoral principles and disqualified the election from being considered democratic.

(With inputs from agencies.)