Source: SFGate
“Eight of 10 candidates in Venezuela’s upcoming presidential election, including President Nicolás Maduro, on Thursday signed an agreement binding them to respect the results of the contest as announced by electoral authorities. The agreement put forth by Venezuela’s electoral body could end up being insignificant: The government has a history of testing and breaching the terms of agreements and the document wasn’t signed by Edmundo González Urrutia, the only opposition candidate with a real chance of ending Maduro’s quest for a third term on July 28. ‘Now, it is the document of the electoral arbiter. Whatever the electoral arbiter says, amen,’ Maduro told reporters after the signing ceremony. ‘I call on all Venezuelans to support this document and to respect the electoral arbiter, the National Electoral Council, and that its word be sacred.'” (06/20/24)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/8-of-10-candidates-in-venezuela-s-upcoming-19524061.php