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Venezuelan opposition leader decides to run for president
Venezuela's opposition leader said Sunday that he agreed to be a presidential candidate of his coalition and will formalize his candidacy before the National Electoral Council.
Henrique Capriles made the decision after the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) coalition offered the candidacy for the upcoming presidential election in April, as required by the constitution after the death of President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday.
"I will fight with you, with you all. Nicolas, I'm not going to make way; you'll have to beat me to votes," he told reporters, challenging the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela's candidate, Nicolas Maduro, who is also the acting president after the death of Chavez.
"Still the country is in national mourning... I am impressed where things have come to our country," he said. "My fight is not to be president. My fight is for Venezuela to move forward."
Capriles has previously denounced the Supreme Court's ruling to allow Maduro to be sworn in as acting president and run for president without leaving his office as a constitutional fraud.
But the court argued that its verdict was made based on Article 233 of the Constitution, saying: "The executive vice president becomes acting president and ceases his previous post."
The National Electoral Council has set the date of the presidential election for April 14, with a pre-election campaign of 10 days to elect a successor to Chavez.
Capriles, governor of the central state of Miranda, lost to Chavez as a candidate of the MUD in last year's presidential election.
相关新闻：委内瑞拉代总统马杜罗10日宣布将于11日上午在国家选举委员会正式注册成为执政党的总统候选人。同日，现任米兰达州州长卡普里莱斯宣布他将作为反对党联盟候选人参加4月14日举行的总统大选。
马杜罗在发表电视讲话时说，他将继续委内瑞拉已故总统查韦斯提出的一系列措施，并表示他必将在选举中获胜。此外，他还宣布今后每年的3月5日都将是查韦斯的纪念日。
卡普里莱斯随后宣布他也将于11日晚些时间作为反对党联盟统一候选人在国家选举委员会正式注册，并表示他将和马杜罗“每票必争”。卡普里莱斯在去年10月7日举行的总统大选中获得约45%的选票，负于前总统查韦斯。
委内瑞拉前总统查韦斯当地时间5日下午病逝，副总统马杜罗8日宣誓就职委内瑞拉代总统。根据委最高法院决议，马杜罗可以在不离职的情况下作为执政党统一社会主义党的候选人参加即将举行的大选。(新华网) |
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发表于 2016-7-11 09:56:58