Venezuela: the opposition launches a popular consultation to contest the legislative elections
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido at a press conference in Caracas on December 7, 2020. AP - Ariana Cubillos
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In the aftermath of the legislative results in Venezuela, a large part of the opposition who boycotted the ballot launched a concurrent popular consultation.
Since Monday and until Saturday, Venezuelans are called upon to speak out against these legislative elections.
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Marie Normand
Since Monday, it is possible to vote via an application to download to your phone.
It will also be possible to vote via a website, or physically on Saturday in offices open in Venezuela and abroad, in countries where the diaspora is important.
For Maria Lopez, everyone must participate and support the opposition leader Juan Guaido, "
so that he knows that we are all really anxious for the situation to change in the country
".
A consultation that arouses little enthusiasm
The aim is also to re-mobilize supporters of the opposition.
An appeal also to the international community, which
rejected the results of the legislative elections
, but whose support for Juan Guaido is much less clear than two years ago.
This is what worries Ana Rosario Contreras, the president of the College of Nurses of Caracas.
“
That's what Venezuelans are going to do with this consultation.
Highlight the need for international aid to one day be able to organize free, fair and verifiable elections, she
explains.
We need these 60 countries, which coordinated with
Juan Guaido
, to support Venezuela.
And I ask for help from the French people, from the French government, your help is important!
"
Beyond the activists, however, this consultation arouses little enthusiasm.
A problem for the opposition leader who needs this support to legitimize his attempt to extend the mandate of the current National Assembly elected in 2015.
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