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Venezuela opposition to boycott vote audit / demand a new presidential vote [View all]
Venezuela opposition to boycott vote audit
12:32 a.m. EDT April 26, 2013
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski said Thursday his movement will boycott an audit of the election results and push the government to hold a new presidential vote.
Capriles said the opposition would not participate in the audit because the National Electoral Council did not meet its demand for an examination of registers containing voters' signatures and fingerprints.
He said the opposition would go to the Supreme Court to challenge the results of the April 14 election, which was narrowly won by Nicolás Maduro, the handpicked successor of President Hugo Chávez, an anti-American leader who died from cancer.
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Maduro's prison minister, Iris Varela, said this week that she was preparing a jail cell for Capriles, saying he should be held responsible for post-election violence in which at least eight people have died.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/04/25/venezuela-opposition-protest-election/2113113/
12:32 a.m. EDT April 26, 2013
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski said Thursday his movement will boycott an audit of the election results and push the government to hold a new presidential vote.
Capriles said the opposition would not participate in the audit because the National Electoral Council did not meet its demand for an examination of registers containing voters' signatures and fingerprints.
He said the opposition would go to the Supreme Court to challenge the results of the April 14 election, which was narrowly won by Nicolás Maduro, the handpicked successor of President Hugo Chávez, an anti-American leader who died from cancer.
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Maduro's prison minister, Iris Varela, said this week that she was preparing a jail cell for Capriles, saying he should be held responsible for post-election violence in which at least eight people have died.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/04/25/venezuela-opposition-protest-election/2113113/
Lol! He's certifiable.
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