According to Diosdado Cabello, vice chairman of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the party will announce Nicolas Maduro as its candidate in the presidential elections to be held on July 28. He said more than four million party members took part in the reconciliation process and unanimously supported Maduro as a candidate. TASS.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) had previously announced the date of the elections and that candidate registration would be completed by a certain date. Election campaigns are planned to cover the period between 4-25 July and international observers are invited as election observers.
Maria Corina Machado, who won the unsystematic opposition primaries, was removed from the election candidate list. The country’s authorities confirmed the decision to bar him from holding government positions for 15 years. The disqualification decision of the former governor of the state of Miranda, Enrique Capriles Radonski, also remained in effect.
Media reported that Washington could impose new sanctions if Machado is not allowed to participate in the elections. In response, Venezuela plans to take retaliatory measures in the field of migration, describing such actions as blackmail.
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