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Janlisbert Velasco

Versions of names: Янлисберт Веласко
Venezuela

Janlisbert Velascois was the President of the Mission Sucre between 2017 and 2020, working on a series of anti-poverty and social welfare programs implemented by former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. Currently, she is an Official ambassador of the International Municipal BRICS Forum.

Missions

International experts at the 2020 All-Russian Voting in Russia

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Institutional affiliation to the Mission Sucre (President)

Read more about this mission here:
Individual observers at the 2021 Russian parliamentary election in annexed Crimea

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Institutional affiliation to the Mission Sucre (President)

Read more about this mission here:
Individual Observers at the 2022 pseudo-referendum for the formal annexation of occupied territories of Donetsk to Russia

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Institutional affiliation to International Municipal BRICS Forum

According to Velasco, people were allowed to fill in ballot papers in their cars at several outdoors polling stations where there were no voting booths. "But many people said they had been waiting for this referendum for eight years and were ready to vote openly," she noted.

https://tass.com/world/1513167 (2023-09-03)
Individual Observers at the 2023 territorial pseudo-elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine

not identified

Institutional affiliation to International Municipal BRICS Forum

We see that there is a peaceful situation here, people come to vote, and they are confident in their rights and the opportunity to vote. [Translated from Russian]

Corresponding elections

Plebiscite Election Russia 2020
legitimate
In order to have a possibility to stay in power until 2036, Russian President Vladimir Putin decided, in January 2020, to change the Constitution of the Russian Federation and legitimise its change through the “all-Russian voting”.
Parliamentary Election Russia Crimea 2021
illegitimate
The overwhelming majority of the world’s nations does not recognise Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea in 2014, while international institutions such as the OSCE ODIHR consider Russian elections held in Crimea as illegitimate and do not send international election observers there. In their turn, Ukrainian authorities warned that any participation in the electoral process in Crimea would be illegal.
Referendum Election Ukraine Occupied territories 2022
illegitimate
From 23 to 27 September 2022, the Russian forces organised a sham election process - pseudo-referendum as a pretext for the formal annexation of the regions of occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson by Russia. The annexation of the four regions was announced on 30 September 2022.
Local & Regional Election Ukraine Occupied territories 2023
illegitimate
From 8 to 10 September 2023, the Russian forces organised widely condemned regional and municipal elections in the regions of occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. The results were largely rejected by the international community, with North Korea and Syria being the only ones to explicitly recognise them.