The opposition candidate, Freddy Superlano, was declared ineligible after winning the governor’s election in the state of Barinas. It is his wife who will present himself at the next ballot on January 9th.
Le Monde with AFP
A thousand protesters gathered, Saturday, December 4, in the Venezuelan state of Barinas, Fief of the former President Hugo Chavez, to protest against the decision of the Supreme Court to order a new election of the Governor After disqualifying the opposition candidate given winner.
“Be proud because you’ve been able to face the impossible and we managed to overcome Chavism,” said Freddy Superlano, at the top of the ballot with 37.60% of the vote in front of the outgoing governor and brother Elder of Hugo Chavez, Argenis Chavez, credited from 37.21%.
The barinas, which has 970,000 inhabitants, was the only of the 23 Venezuelan states where the results of the regional voting of 21 November had not been formalized. He was ruled by Hugo de los Reyes Chavez, the father of Hugo Chavez, from 1998 to 2008, then by Adan Chavez, a brother of the former deceased, until 2017, year of the election of Argenis Chavez.
Monday, Venezuelan Justice has canceled the ballot on the ground that Freddy Superlano was ineligible, according to an injunction of 17 August of the Comptroller General of the Republic, responsible for monitoring the management of public funds.
“MORE UNIT”
Accompanied Saturday to the Tribune by the Leader of the opposition Juan Guaido, Freddy Superlanan announced the candidacy of his wife, Aurora de Superlano, 32, the new ballot, scheduled on January 9.
“The best guarantee is the unit, more unity, a better unit, more participation, it is the people in the streets, it is the protest, it is to demand our rights for Exit [Nicolas] Maduro, “said Juan Guaido, recognized as acting president by about fifty countries that denounced the conditions of re-election in 2018 from Nicolas Maduro.
In the aftermath of the decision of the Supreme Court, Argenis Chavez resigned from his governor position and announced that he would not represent himself, letting his party designate another candidate.
The supporters of President Maduro won 19 of the 23 states at stake during this regional election, which marked the return of the opposition to the polls since the contested re-election of Nicolas Maduro in 2018 in the presidential election.