The Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), which is the main opposition coalition in Venezuela, ratified Edmundo González Urrutia as its candidate for the Venezuelan presidential elections on July 28.
González Urrutia replaces María Corina Machado, who is disqualified from holding elected office.
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González Urrutia was nominated by the PUD as a provisional candidate, after failing to register Corina Yoris, who was named as Machado's replacement.
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“We want to recognize Governor Rosales, a man who keeps his word, who after hearing the presentation of all the members of the Platform decided decline his candidacy to join that of Edmundo González Urrutia,” he noted.
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Rosales, who registered outside the PUD when the deadline for nominations was about to end, assured that his candidacy only sought to keep the opposition with options for the presidential elections, since the vast majority of those registered do not enjoy the support of traditional anti-Chavismo, considering that they receive favors from the ruling party in exchange for dividing the vote.
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On March 26, the PUD registered González Urrutia as its provisional candidate faced with the “clear impossibility” of applying for Corina Yoris chosen when María Corina Machado was unable to compete due to being disqualified.
This way it can “guarantee the registration” of the “candidacy chosen by democratic factors.”
With González Urrutia they are 13 registered candidates for the elections.
In addition to Manuel Rosales, Luis Brito, Luis Ratti, Enrique Márquez, Benjamín Rausseo, Luis Eduardo Martínez, Daniel Ceballos, Antonio Ecarri, Juan Carlos Alvarado, Javier Bertucci, Claudio Fermín and the president, Nicolás Maduro.
EFE
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