2023-10-22 16:11:00
It’s news. This Sunday, October 22, the Venezuelan opposition is holding internal elections in which citizens are the protagonists. With that participation, the path towards the presidential election scheduled for next year begins.
Some 21 million Venezuelans are registered on the electoral roll and are called to vote in this process, in which 10 candidates are competing. More than 60 thousand people were trained to assist in the logistics of the process, in some 3 thousand eight voting centers arranged in the 331 municipalities of the 335 throughout the country to receive the votes, according to the National Primary Commission. 5,133 voting stations were set up for election day, which includes all citizens over 18 years of age who belong to the Electoral Registry, in addition to Venezuelans residing abroad. The elected candidate will challenge Nicolás Maduro for power in 2024. One of the favorites to face Maduro is María Corina Machado, however she is prohibited from holding public office.
What to highlight. María Corina Machado, Delsa Solórzano, Tamara Adrián, Gloria Pinho, Andrés Caleca, Andrés Velásquez, Carlos Prosperi, César Almeida, César Pérez Vivas and Luis Farías face each other at the polls, in the fight to lead a new battle for Venezuelan democracy that It is scheduled for the second half of next year.
The National Press Union denounced that journalists and directors of radio media have received pressure to suspend their limited coverage starting Friday night on the process with which the forces that dissent from the Nicolás Maduro Government are training the muscle of mobilization. . A few hours before the start of the process, several centers were relocated due to alleged pressure from the Government on the institutions that provided them. In many places voting will be done in the street and, if possible, under an awning due to a forecast of rain. There have also been complaints about delays in providing credentials to witnesses and media.
On the radar. So far there is no set date for the elections, but this week Chavismo and the opposition signed partial agreements establishing that the presidential elections will take place in the second half of 2024.
Newspaper archive. In 2012, the Venezuelan opposition achieved one of its greatest political achievements by successfully holding a primary election.
On February 12 of that year, Henrique Capriles Radonski was chosen to face Hugo Chávez in the presidential elections. The result gave the opposition, orchestrated by the Democratic Unity Roundtable, a real opportunity to confront Chavismo with votes.
#NOW | Hundreds of Venezuelans wait outside the Corferias Green Parking Lot for the start of the electoral process.#Primary #Primarias2023 pic.twitter.com/sFDfBWOeE9
— Freider Gandica Morales (@FreiderGandica) October 22, 2023
*Information from International Agencies (Infobae, El País, El Comercio, EFE)
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