Venezuelan opposition to hold primaries in September

Record ID: 906739

  • Title: Venezuelan opposition to hold primaries in September
  • Date: 17th August 2017
  • Summary: CARACAS, VENEZUELA (AUGUST 17, 2017) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION NEWS CONFERENCE OPPOSITION LEGISLATORS AT TABLE AT NEWS CONFERENCE CLOSE SHOT OF OPPOSITION LEGISLATOR, HENRY RAMOS ALLUP SHOT OF JOURNALISTS AT NEWS CONFERENCES FILMING ON CELL PHONES RAMOS SPEAKING AT NEWS CONFERENCE, SIGN BEHIND READS, "VENEZUELA, THE FIGHT CONTINUES" (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEGISLATOR, HENRY RAMOS ALLUP, SAYING: "The 'Unity' (Table of Unity - opposition political party) decided to register its candidates at this opportunity only on the political party tickets that were validated by the 'CNE' (National Electoral Council)." GENERAL VIEW OF VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION NEWS CONFERENCE RAMOS SPEAKING AT NEWS CONFERENCE TWO INDIVIDUALS AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEGISLATOR, HENRY RAMOS ALLUP, SAYING: "There is not one reason, not a single one, for them (the government) to invalidate candidates aspiring (to political office) - no one, not a single one. They're going to invalidate a candidate because he participated in a protest, well, they're going to have to invalidate millions of Venezuelans that have participated in the protests." RAMOS TAKING QUESTIONS FROM MEDIA JOURNALISTS AT CONFERENCE NEWS CONFERENCE ENDING
  • Embargoed: 31st August 2017 19:09
  • Keywords: Venezuela oppostion Henry Ramos Mesa de la Unidad Democratica constituent assembly
  • Location: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
  • City: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016UJPJYF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Venezuelan opposition group 'Table of Unity' announced Thursday (August 17) that it will hold primary elections in September for candidates for regional offices.
    The group, however, will not be able to run candidates on its own slate because, according to the opposition, they run the risk of being invalidated by the government.
    On Wednesday, the head of the 'Truth Commission' established by Venezuela's controversial constituent assembly announced that opposition candidates running in Venezuela's October gubernatorial elections will be investigated to make sure none were involved in violent political protests this year. The panel was set up earlier in the day by the constituent assembly elected last month at the behest of socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Government critics say the commission is designed to sideline the opposition and bolster the ruling party's flagging support ahead of the October vote.
    The opposition, which won control of congress in 2015 but has seen its decisions nullified by Maduro's loyalist Supreme Court, boycotted the late July election of the assembly.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2017. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register