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Zorro

(15,691 posts)
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 10:36 PM Oct 2017

Venezuela Maduro warns of repeat elections in states won by opposition

Venezuelan state elections may be repeated in the five states won by the opposition if the governors-elect continue to refuse to be sworn in by a controversial pro-government legislative superbody, President Nicolas Maduro warned on Friday.

His warning came in a televised speech after the government on Sunday unexpectedly won 18 of 23 states in a vote which the opposition calls fraudulent.

Authorities have mandated that all elected governors participate in a ceremony before the pro-government Constituent Assembly, but the five opposition winners did not take part. “Anyone who wants to be governor will have to recognize the Constituent National Assembly; otherwise elections will be repeated in states where the Assembly is not recognized,” Maduro said at the inauguration of one of the socialist candidates in western Lara state.

The opposition says that by law, the oath must be taken before regional parliaments and not before the Constituent Assembly, but so far none of their candidates have undergone that process and formally assumed their roles.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics/venezuela-maduro-warns-of-repeat-elections-in-states-won-by-opposition-idUSKBN1CP2UU

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Venezuela Maduro warns of repeat elections in states won by opposition (Original Post) Zorro Oct 2017 OP
Another warning? GatoGordo Oct 2017 #1
 

GatoGordo

(2,412 posts)
1. Another warning?
Sun Oct 22, 2017, 01:05 PM
Oct 2017

"His warning came in a televised speech after the government on Sunday unexpectedly won 18 of 23 states in a vote which the opposition calls fraudulent."

That's because everyone expected Maduro and the PSUV to "win" every state. Why he allowed the opposition to win 5 states is a mystery... maybe he thought that allowing the opposition to win a couple states would make the election appear reasonable?

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