• Maduro Maneuvers to Keep Control of Venezuela Electoral Body - Bloomber

    From JAT@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 5 19:55:30 2020
    Maduro Maneuvers to Keep Control of Venezuela Electoral Body

    * Seeks to bypass National Assembly with allies in Supreme Court
    * Maduro wants December election to weaken Guaido claim to power

    Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro is seeking to use the Supreme Court to
    accelerate the appointment of electoral officials mainly loyal to his government, laying the groundwork for congressional elections in
    December, according to seven people familiar with matter.

    Maduro’s administration is preparing to appoint an all-new board to the electoral body known as CNE through a Supreme Court ruling as soon as
    next week, according to five of the people, who asked not to be named
    because they’re not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

    That would bypass the regular process requiring the vote of two thirds
    of the opposition-controlled National Assembly. Maduro’s government
    wants elections in the first two weeks of December, in the hope of
    ousting supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaido from the National
    Assembly and weakening his claim to power.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-05/maduro-maneuvers-to-keep-control-of-venezuela-electoral-body

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