Opposition presidential candidate Corina Yoris speaks to people after giving a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 25, 2024. Yoris became the substitute candidate for the opposition's presidential bid after Maria Corina Machado announced on Friday that Yoris would replace her as she fights a government ban on running for office.
The candidate, Corina Yoris, could not be registered by midnight Monday, which was the time limit for registering for the election set for July 28, said Omar Barboza, representative of the U.S.-backed Unitary Platform coalition.On a video posted on the Unitary Platform X account, Barboza said this was “a violation of the right of the majority of Venezuelans who want to vote for change,” and he demanded the registry be reopened.
“We’ve exhausted all of the possibilities,” Yoris said Monday at a news conference in which she detailed her failed attempts to register, both electronically and in person, her candidacy. “It’s not just the name of Corina Yoris that is being denied but the name of any citizen that wants to run.” In registering his own candidacy, Maduro, without mentioning Yoris by name, blasted his would-be rival as a “puppet” of traditional elites.
To date, 10 candidates have registered to compete in the July elections, none of them connected to the main opposition coalition and several seen as representing little threat to Maduro’s power base. Once parties register their candidate, they have until April 16 to name a substitute.Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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