Venezuela's main opposition coalition, the Unitary Democratic Platform (PUD), lHe was able to register his candidacy for the presidential elections on July 28This happened after obstacles were reported in the application system, the Electoral Commission reported on Tuesday.
Elvis Amoroso, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), released for the first time the name Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia From the list of registered candidates, and then the list of the Democratic Unity Round Table, which absorbed the current democratic unionist programme. Corinna Lloris, nominated by Maria Corinna Machado, has been excluded without any explanation yet given.
Eugenio Martinez, a journalist specializing in electoral issues, pointed out that the candidate that the Unitary Platform Party was able to nominate at the last minute before the National Electoral Council for the presidential elections is Edmundo González Urrutia.
He added: “The strategy is to try to replace him with the unity candidate.” Or finally join an already accepted nomination“he added.
“To be specific: MUD has a postulate, Edmundo González. This hypothesis can be accepted by the CNE as a candidate. It is possible that this candidate can be replaced by another (previously accepted) or theoretically by a new candidate who fulfills all the requirements of the law.”
Omar Barboza, Secretary General of the Unitary Platform, confirmed to CNN in Spanish that after a 12-hour extension provided by the National Electoral Council, they were able to register him as a candidate. Waiting to be able to replace it.
Edmundo González Urrutia is a Venezuelan international diplomat, holds a master's degree in international relations from American University in Washington, D.C., and was Director General of International Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Venezuelan Ambassador to Argentina Venezuelan Ambassador to Algeria. He was a member of the international editorial board of El Nacional newspaper.
PUD, through X, explained that He took this decision in order to stay “within the electoral process” and “continue the fight.” To “ensure the registration” of “the candidate chosen by democratic agents.”
“In its search for a stable candidacy, the unit proposes Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as a candidate, an impeccable professional diplomat, an honest and effective man. It may be a temporary decision,” historian Elias Pino Iturreta wrote in his account on X.
The coalition stated on Monday – the last day for registration – that it had exhausted all means to register Yuris, who is not subject to any disqualification or administrative penalty.
As of Tuesday, Machado, the winner of the Oct. 22 primary, had maintained that her candidate was the historian, so it is not known whether Gonzalez Urrutia — who need not be the eventual nominee — was the historian. He has the support of the opposition leader.
The head of the electoral body, Elvis Amoruso, indicated that a total of 37 political parties – some of them in the coalition – nominated their candidates during the five days that this process continued, without “any kind of restrictions,” according to the head of the body. Despite repeated complaints from the main opposition group.
Gonzalez Urrutia could be replaced starting next MondayProvided that there is no administrative sanction or impediment stipulated by law, the National Electoral Council accepts the nomination of his replacement.
The formula for naming an interim candidate is common in Venezuela and It is intended to “guarantee” a place on the ballot
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