Today, Sunday, voters in Venezuela cast their electoral votes to choose a new parliament for the country, in elections boycotted by the opposition and described by most western countries as witnessing fraud.

Reuters indicated that most Western countries expect fraud in the elections by the Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, with the aim of restoring the last state institutions that are not in the hands of the ruling Socialist Party.

The agency also pointed out that "it is almost certain that the elections will return the parliament (the National Assembly) to Maduro's allies, despite the difficulties his government faces in light of the collapse of the economy, severe American sanctions that curb oil exports from the OPEC member state, and the emigration of about five million people. citizen".

It is worth noting that the members of the new parliament will not have many tools to improve the lives of Venezuelans, whose monthly salaries seldom cover the cost of their daily grocery store needs, and their election will not improve Maduro's reputation among Western countries, according to Reuters.

According to the agency, the new parliament can provide legitimacy to Maduro, to offer investment deals to a small number of companies around the world that are willing to risk flouting US sanctions in order to deal with the country that has large oil wealth.

Source: Reuters

By:Nadeemy Haded