Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado (photo) announced today, Friday, March 22, that she will withdraw from the race for the presidential elections scheduled for next July, and has elected a new candidate to take office.
“To this day, the system maintains my political disqualification on the National Electoral Council page, while maintaining the impossibility of the only two ballots that support me accessing the CNE website.”The former MP said in her speech on Friday. María Corina Machado was the winner of the unified opposition primary in October, receiving nearly 90% of the vote, or more than two million voters. Three months after the victory, in January, she won and the Venezuelan Supreme Court, made up of ministers appointed by Maduro, ruled that the former lawmaker was ineligible. The operation was notorious for irregularities, such as restricting defense access to files, and mentioned By international bodies, and in her speech on Friday, Maria Corinna announced her successor: “We found the right person, and this person was respected by everyone who knew him.”Who is the new opposition candidate for elections in Venezuela? The new opposition candidate is A Political outsider Her name is Corinna Joris Vilasana. She is a university professor, trained in philosophy, literature, and history. Corinna Llores is president of the Venezuelan Philosophical Society and a member of the boards of the Inter-American Association and the Ibero-American Philosophy Network. She is also a member of the Mexican Academy of Logic and the Etienne Gilson International Association. Arrest of campaign chairs The regime of Nicolás Maduro arrested the heads of Maria Corina Machado's campaign on Wednesday, March 20.“The Maduro regime is unleashing brutal repression against my campaign teams. It has arrested Henri Alviarez, coordinator of my National Campaign Leadership Organization, and Dignora Hernandez, political coordinator.Maria published in issue 10 late on Wednesday afternoon.“In addition, I have issued arrest warrants against several members of the National Leadership, including my campaign chair, Magali Meda. These cowardly actions are intended to close Venezuela’s path to change and freedom in peace and democracy.He added that the Maduro regime made the information official with an announcement from Prosecutor Tarek William Saab, in which he announced the arrests of Alviarez and Hernandez, the only ones carried out on Wednesday as of the end of the afternoon. In total, nine arrest warrants were issued, and regional leaders of Maria Corina's campaign had already been arrested or kidnapped in the previous weeks.
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