Abstention takes a bill in opposition in Venezuela

July 21, 2018, 06:26 By Luis Beatón

Caracas, July 21 (Prensa Latina) The abstentionist option promoted by the sectors of the opposition in Venezuela in recent years to polling stations closed today its participation in the political life of the country

The national and regional organizations which opted for the abstention in the elections of May 20 last can not present candidates in the elections December 9, informed the day before the head rector of the National Electoral Council (CNE) Tania D Amelio

The senior official of the electoral body said categorically this Friday on his Twitter account that only those who n & # 39; They have not turned their backs on the polls and presented their bets in the presidential elections will attend. May 20, and those who have refrained from applying are prevented from doing so. "

This decision is due, he pointed out, to the provisions of the Official Gazette at 41 308 of 27 December 2017, according to which to participate in national, regional or municipal electoral processes should do so in the elections of the constitutional period

Further to this, offenders must comply with other requirements set out in the Political Parties, Public Meetings and Demonstrations Act, "he added. the Rector.

Due to the violation of these paragraphs, violators will have to execute the renewal process provided for by law. Political parties, public meetings and demonstrations (Lpprpm) and regulated by the CNE by regulations and

He noted that among the requirements is to obtain the support of at least 0.5 percent of the voters registered in each of at least 12 federal entities, as the law indicates, with the respective validation of the will demonstrations before the CNE, something that will be extremely difficult for certain groups, as understood.

Currently, only 30 regional political organizations have started the registration process before the CNE and must begin the process of recognizing groups like Un Nuevo Tiempo, Accion Democrática and Nuvipa. , the participants of boycott attempts in past presidential elections,

Now, Venezuelan opposition is trying to progress in a process of unity after repeated failures in polls, in one case due to weak support of his supporters, and in others for their call not to vote ..

This week, representatives of Avanzada Progresista, Acción Democrática, A Nuevo Tiempo and Primero Justicia held meetings to define common strategies for change in the country. the ballot boxes that followed, with the support of the Organization of American States (OAS), among others.

After refusing to go to the polls, the opposition is trying to bring the positions in its ranks closer to the possibility of participating in the electoral process on December 9, during which members of municipal councils will be elected.

In this exercise, Venezuelans who appear in the electoral register (RE) will choose four thousand 900 advisers, with their respective alternates. Of these, 703 will be nominally elected, 685 by lists and 69 by indigenous communities.

The approval and publication of the ER on the CNE portal will take place on September 4 as part of a process in which they will make 15 verifications on ballot papers, data on voters, voting software, tabulation software, electoral technology infrastructure and pre-shipment, among others.

The election campaign for this return to the polls, to which the same opposition has closed the door, will be extended by 16 days, between November 22 and December 7 at midnight.

However, it is obvious that opposition leaders like Eduardo Fernández, of the COPEI party, point out that these groups do not have "a serious and reliable alternative".

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