President of the National Electoral Council of Venezuela Elvis Amoroso arrives at TSJ to hand over collected documents on August 6. (Source: brasildefato)

In addition, TSJ also summoned representatives of 38 political parties supporting the above election candidates to check the previously unpublished voting records.

According to state-run television channel Venezolana (VTV) , President of the National Electoral Council Elvis Amoroso has handed over the election monitoring minutes to TSJ but has not yet released them, as well as the related minutes and the declaration that Mr. Nicolas Maduro was elected president for the 2025-2031 term.

The head of the TSJ pointed out that the highest court will begin “a process of examining the deposited documents” for a period of up to 15 days, with a possible extension, and then let the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) publish the minutes to clarify doubts about the announced results.

Previously, on August 2, the CNE announced the results of 96.87% of the votes, confirming that incumbent President Nicolas Maduro won with 51.95% of the votes. However, opposition candidate Edmundo González declared that he did not recognize the above results.

Mr. Maduro filed a petition with the TSJ to certify the results of the presidential election that took place on July 28 and asked the court to summon all organizations to "compare all the evidence, with the participation of experts at the highest technical level related to the election results".

According to him, it is appropriate to summon candidates and political parties, as well as request the court to investigate the election process and related documents.

In another development, on August 6, Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino reaffirmed the country's military's absolute loyalty to President Maduro, after candidate Edmundo Gonzalez and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado called on the armed forces to "stand with the people."

Earlier, Venezuelan Justice Minister Tarek William Saab announced that authorities had opened a criminal investigation against Mr. Edmundo González and Ms. María Corina Machado, on charges of threatening the peace of the country.