Venezuela’s opposition demanded a specific date for presidential elections from the Maduro regime

Popular will (VP), Venezuela’s opposition party Leopoldo Lopez and Juan GuaidoNicolás Maduro demanded this Sunday from the regime and electoral power To establish a specific date for the presidential election in VenezuelaThis is scheduled for the second half of the year.

“Venezuela does not yet have a presidential election date in 2024. The regime and its corrupt leadership know they are going to lose. That’s why we tell you from now on, set the date!” The VP expressed this in a message published on his account on Social Network X (formerly Twitter).

A political party was demanded with a message from Juan Guaido, former head of the opposition and Venezuelan legislatureExiles in the United States, who insisted that there is no date yet for presidential elections because these elections are being used by President Nicolás Maduro as a method of “extortion” against the international community.

“We all need not wait to demand an election schedule together. It is the first element to make it competitive, to organize itself, to defend votes, to seek support from the international community,” the opposition said in a video shared by his party.

Guaido asked the presidents of Brazil and Colombia, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Gustavo Petro, respectively, to join the demand.

For an election date in which the Venezuelan people can express themselves.

Venezuela plans to hold presidential elections in the second half of the year, as agreed between Chavismo and the majority opposition, gathered in the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) in October, when they signed the “Agreement on the Promotion and Promotion of Political Rights.” Electoral Guarantee for All.” , which contemplates international observation, among other issues.

However, the Venezuelan Electoral Commission has not yet commented on the exact date of these elections.

Meanwhile, the bulk of the opposition affirms that His candidate, former deputy María Corina Machado, will work “every day” of 2024 to achieve an “electoral victory”, who is ineligible for elected public office.

For its part, Chavismo has yet to officially name its candidate, and recently, Maduro said he still considered it “premature” to talk about his “potential candidacy.”

Absence of a Election Schedule Sure, lack of information about new update days on CNE’s part Electoral Registry (RE) and the failure to set a date for presidential elections has plunged the Venezuelan population into uncertainty.

According to the NGO join inAbout 6 million Venezuelans inside the country and at least 4 million outside need to register or update their data in the RE to exercise their right to vote.