Outgoing Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, stated that will not intervene to stop the certification in Congress of the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the November elections, defying the wishes of Republican President Donald Trump.

“The Constitution prevents me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which ones should not,” Pence said in a statement issued as the joint session of Congress to certify the results of the presidential elections began, and shortly after Trump urged him. to do the opposite from a rally in Washington.

“Mike Pence will have to help us, and if he doesn’t, it will be a sad day for our country,” were the words of Donald Trump that put the focus on the outgoing vice-president.

“American citizens elect the American president and have the right, by law, to demand fair elections “Pence stated in his statement today.