Latin American International Tribune: Venezuela’s Maduro To Run for Re-election in Snap Elections Called without Guarantees
CARACAS – President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday placed himself “at the disposal” of Venezuela’s PSUV party and the Great Patriotic Pole coalition as a candidate for re-election in the nationwide balloting that would be held in April.
“If the PSUV, if the forces of the GPP ... if the working class, the youth believe that I should be the presidential candidate for the homeland ... I’m at (their) disposal,” Maduro told the media at an event in downtown Caracas.
The Constituent National Assembly (ANC), comprised only of government supporters, approved on Tuesday a decree to hold the presidential election scheduled for this year during the first quarter.
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