Venezuela: CNE opens registration period for candidates for the July 28 presidential elections

The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela The registration period for candidates for the presidential elections on June 28th opens this Thursday, and they will be able to make their candidacy official until next Monday, March 25th, the date on which, according to the electoral calendar, the deadline ends. for registration.

At the moment, it is not known how many candidates will compete, as some of those who announced their intention to run for President of the Republic will not be able to do so because they are disqualified by the Comptroller’s Office from holding elective public positions, as in the case of Maria Corina Machadochosen as candidate of the Unitary Democratic Platform (PUD), the largest opposition bloc, in the October 22 primaries.

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The ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) chose the current President of the Government, Nicolás Maduro, as its candidatewho accepted the proposal from Chavista activists and supporters, and will contest the elections in search of a third consecutive term.

In addition to Matureconfirmed that they will sign up for the CNE for the next elections opponents Leocenis García, for the Prociudadanos formation; congressperson Luis Eduardo Martinezby the Democratic Action (AD) party; José Brito, by First Venezuela; It is Javier Bertuccifor change.

After ratifying the disqualification of the Ax by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) – a situation in which dozens of anti-Chavistas find themselves – It is not known who the opposition bloc’s candidate will be, replacing the one chosen in the primaries.

Given these administrative sanctions that prevent those affected from aspiring to any public office through elections, several parties, social organizations and the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) have requested that those who wish to run for President be guaranteed the possibility of participating.

The CEV stated this week that “the State bodies that are at the service of the people and all political and social institutions must work to guarantee the real possibility of equitable participation in this process, both for voters and candidates”.

Source: Elcomercio

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