Venezuela regime mulls early polls to contain opposition | The Malaysian Insight

National Assembly president and opposition leader Juan Guaido has warned Nicolas Maduro that any attempts to bring forward elections would end in "disaster" for the government. – EPA pic, August 17, 2019.

THREATENING to bring forward parliamentary elections is the latest card played by Venezuela’s regime to put pressure on the US-backed opposition at the negotiating table, analysts say. The National Assembly is the only branch of government under opposition control, and elections are not scheduled until December 2020.

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