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Related: About this forumVenezuela opposition to boycott vote audit / demand a new presidential vote
Venezuela opposition to boycott vote audit
12:32 a.m. EDT April 26, 2013
CARACAS, Venezuela Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski said Thursday his movement will boycott an audit of the election results and push the government to hold a new presidential vote.
Capriles said the opposition would not participate in the audit because the National Electoral Council did not meet its demand for an examination of registers containing voters' signatures and fingerprints.
He said the opposition would go to the Supreme Court to challenge the results of the April 14 election, which was narrowly won by Nicolás Maduro, the handpicked successor of President Hugo Chávez, an anti-American leader who died from cancer.
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Maduro's prison minister, Iris Varela, said this week that she was preparing a jail cell for Capriles, saying he should be held responsible for post-election violence in which at least eight people have died.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/04/25/venezuela-opposition-protest-election/2113113/
12:32 a.m. EDT April 26, 2013
CARACAS, Venezuela Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski said Thursday his movement will boycott an audit of the election results and push the government to hold a new presidential vote.
Capriles said the opposition would not participate in the audit because the National Electoral Council did not meet its demand for an examination of registers containing voters' signatures and fingerprints.
He said the opposition would go to the Supreme Court to challenge the results of the April 14 election, which was narrowly won by Nicolás Maduro, the handpicked successor of President Hugo Chávez, an anti-American leader who died from cancer.
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Maduro's prison minister, Iris Varela, said this week that she was preparing a jail cell for Capriles, saying he should be held responsible for post-election violence in which at least eight people have died.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/04/25/venezuela-opposition-protest-election/2113113/
Lol! He's certifiable.
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Venezuela opposition to boycott vote audit / demand a new presidential vote (Original Post)
Catherina
Apr 2013
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Catherina
(35,568 posts)1. Reuter's take
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Capriles has insisted that the audit process be rigorous and include all relevant paperwork from polling centers.
"If we don't have access to those notebooks, we're not going to take part in an audit that would be a joke on Venezuelans and a joke on the world," he told a local TV station.
"The next step will be to challenge the election, which must take place in the next few days. With all the proof, all the elements we now have, we are going to challenge the election."
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MARCHES ON MAY 1
Both sides have called on their followers to march again on May 1, creating another potential flashpoint in the OPEC nation of 29 million people.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/26/us-venezuela-opposition-idUSBRE93P03Z20130426
Capriles has insisted that the audit process be rigorous and include all relevant paperwork from polling centers.
"If we don't have access to those notebooks, we're not going to take part in an audit that would be a joke on Venezuelans and a joke on the world," he told a local TV station.
"The next step will be to challenge the election, which must take place in the next few days. With all the proof, all the elements we now have, we are going to challenge the election."
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MARCHES ON MAY 1
Both sides have called on their followers to march again on May 1, creating another potential flashpoint in the OPEC nation of 29 million people.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/26/us-venezuela-opposition-idUSBRE93P03Z20130426
Judi Lynn
(160,598 posts)2. What could be a greater insult to Venezuela than the oligarchs?
What a twisted, sleazy guy this one is.
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