>SMARTMATIC 4 August 2017
London-based Smartmatic CEO Antonio Mugica claimed on Wednesday that the turnout had been tampered with.
Mugica said it had been inflated by about a million votes, but did not elaborate on how the company arrived at their conclusion.
Asked why he did not alert the Venezuelan government, he said: “I guess we probably thought that the authorities would not be sympathetic to what we had to say.”
Venezuela's National Electoral Council said over 8 million people had cast their ballots and disputed his claims.
Mark Malloch Brown, a minister of state at the Foreign and Commonwealth office under the former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, is Chairman of Smartmatic.
The British Lord is also Chairman of the International Crisis Group, which has called for a "transitional government" in Venezuela.
"Restoration of constitutional rule probably will require formation of a transitional government of national unity under a mutually acceptable interim president," says the Power without the People: Averting Venezuela’s Breakdown, a document published by the organization on July 19.
In addition, the briefing note calls for the heavy involvement of the Organization of American States in the suggested negotiations, which would also include a "transitional justice" scheme to give government officials "safe passage to exile."
"Carrots as well as sticks are needed."
Formed in the 1990s, the International Crisis Group aims "to prevent wars and shape policies that will build a more peaceful world," through lobbying and "advocacy."
The Washington-based organization receives most of its funds from North American and European governments, as well as private foundations.
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