By Zoila Palma: Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that the country will hold elections as part of a transition toward what she described as “full democracy,” but she did not provide a date for the vote.
“I want to make this very clear at this General Assembly: there will be elections in Venezuela,” Rodríguez said. She said her government has begun talks with opposition groups and would guarantee the participation of all political forces, while national institutions are being prepared for the electoral process.
Rodríguez described the process as a “democratic transformation” aimed at building a freer, more prosperous and reconciled Venezuela.
However, opposition groups have called for independent institutions, including an autonomous Supreme Court and National Electoral Council, before elections are held. Nobel Peace Prize winner and prominent opposition leader María Corina Machado has also remained outside the talks and has been unable to return to Venezuela, according to her political team.
The issue of elections has also been raised in talks between Venezuelan and US officials. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington had emphasized that the process must ultimately lead to a “free and fair election.”
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By Zoila Palma: Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that the country will hold elections as part of a transition toward what she described as “full democracy,” but she did not provide a date for the vote. “I want to make this very clear at this General Assembly:
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