美国国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥周一表示，委内瑞拉必须在任何有效的总统选举举行前“迅速”替换其马杜罗时代的选举基础设施。
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that Venezuela must replace its Maduro-era electoral infrastructure “quickly” before any valid presidential election can be held.
鲁比奥在电话记者会上对记者说：“为了让这些选举有效，那套基础设施必须被替换。不是十年，不是五年，不是两年；它需要在我们制定的时间表下迅速发生。”他表示，目前的选举基础设施“是由马杜罗政权设计用来操纵选举的”，指的是最高法院和全国选举委员会。
“That infrastructure has to be replaced in order for these elections to be valid,” Rubio told reporters in a teleconference. “Not in 10 years, not in five years, not in two years; it needs to happen quickly under the timelines that we’ve established.”He said the current election infrastructure was “designed by the Maduro regime to rig elections,” referring to the Supreme Justice Tribunal and the National Electoral Council.
他说：“当选举委员会由忠于一方的人控制时，委内瑞拉怎么可能举行合法的选举？”
“How can you have a legitimate election in Venezuela when the Electoral Council is controlled by people loyal to one side?” he said.
他警告临时当局不得拖延进程，称“没人能拖垮我们”。“我们有商定好的时间表，到目前为止，他们已经满足了每一个时间节点，”他说，并指出委内瑞拉“仍处于严厉制裁之下”，并在美国的豁免令和一般许可下运作。
He warned that interim authorities cannot stall the process, saying “no one’s going to wait us out.”“We have timelines that are agreed to, and so far, they’ve met every one of the timelines,” he said, noting Venezuela is “still heavily sanctioned” and operates under US waivers and general licenses.
鲁比奥还警告说，未能确保谈判达成的政治过渡可能导致重回威权统治或爆发新的武装冲突，同时表达了对临时当局将保持合作的信心。
Rubio also cautioned that failing to secure a negotiated political transition could lead to a return to authoritarian rule or renewed armed conflict while expressing confidence that the interim authorities would maintain their cooperation.
他补充道：“如果是临时当局试图破坏这一进程或停止遵守，那我们就麻烦了。但我不指望会出现那种情况。”
“If that’s the interim authorities that try to do harm to this process or stop complying, then we’re going to have a problem. But I don’t expect that,” he added.
被问及对临时领导人德尔西·罗德里格斯的信任时，鲁比奥表示，华盛顿“看行动不听辞令”来评判她，并指出委内瑞拉引渡了亚历克斯·萨阿布，他是被推翻的委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗的亲密助手和前部长，“已认罪并现在是一名合作证人”。
Asked about trust in interim leader Delcy Rodriguez, Rubio said Washington judges her “not by rhetoric but by action,” noting that Venezuela extradited Alex Saab, a close associate and former minister in the government of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who “has pled guilty and is now a cooperating witness.”
关于反对派领导人玛丽亚·科里娜·马查多周日返回，鲁比奥说，华盛顿几周前已告知临时当局，她“应被允许返回”，对方表示“她不会受到干扰”。过渡谈判是在1月3日美国在加拉加斯的军事行动之后进行的，该行动导致马杜罗及其妻子西莉亚·弗洛雷斯被捕，两人被押送至纽约面对贩毒指控。
On opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s return Sunday, Rubio said Washington told the interim authorities weeks ago that she “should be allowed to return” and they said “she would not be disturbed.”The transition talks follow a US military operation in Caracas on Jan. 3 that resulted in the seizure of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who were flown to New York to face drug trafficking charges.
当时，唐纳德·特朗普总统表示，美国将帮助“管理国家，直到我们能够进行安全、适当和审慎的权力过渡”。
President Donald Trump said at the time that the US would help “run the country until we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition” of power.
时任副总统德尔西·罗德里格斯于1月5日宣誓就任临时总统，在被捕两天后在国民议会前宣誓。
Then-Vice President Delcy Rodriguez was sworn in as interim president on Jan. 5, taking the oath before the National Assembly two days after the capture.