Comedian and evangelical pastor runs for president in Venezuela

A popular comedian and evangelical pastor ran this Sunday in the presidential elections of Venezuela as distant opponents of the alliance led by Maria Corina Machadowhich accuses them of being collaborators with Chavismo and denounces blocks to registering their candidacy.

Benjamin Rausseofamous for his humorous character ‘The Count of Guácharo’ and Javier Bertuccicurrently a member of Parliament, he became National Electoral Council (CNE) to formalize its participation in the July 28 elections, in which Nicolás Maduro He will seek a third six-year term.

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“I am a proposal capable of uniting for the Venezuelans“, he said Rausseo63 years old, nominated by his party National Democratic Confederation, Contagem, which alludes for Your stage name. He was a candidate in 2006but later refused his aspirations.

Bertucci54 years old, emerged on the political scene in 2018, when Mature He was re-elected for the first time, in elections that the opposition boycotted because they were considered fraudulent. It is were unknown U.SO European Union and other countries.

“Today I present (…) a program that seeks reunification, that seeks tolerance, governance It is national peace“said the Shepherd.

Another eight candidates defined as antichavistas They registered for the elections, although the traditional opposition accuses them of trying to break unity It is divide the electorate to ensure victory for the Mature.

Before formalization before the CNEofficial line, candidates must go through an automated system, access to which has been blocked in the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) which supports Axas reported by its leadership on Saturday.

Machado, favorite in the polls but disqualified from holding public office for 15 years, named the philosopher and university professor Corina Yoris as his representative in the elections. But so far it has not been possible to register it.

The opposition has only two ballots to nominate its candidate, including the PUDafter CNE and the Supreme Court, accused of favoring the governing chavism, left several opposition parties without the possibility of participating. Applications may also be rejected.

The nominations end this Monday, when the president Mature must formalize his candidacy for government United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), although other left-wing organizations have already nominated him.

Source: Elcomercio

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