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Venezuela’s Election Timeline Remains Unclear as Rodríguez Sets Conditions

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Interim President Delcy Rodríguez said Venezuela will hold elections once the necessary conditions are in place, but said she does not have the authority to set the date.
  • Rodríguez said her government was pursuing diplomacy to restore democratic stability and end sanctions against Venezuela.
  • The comments followed U.S. statements that Venezuela was not yet ready for elections and amid reports of a major U.S. attack against Nicolás Maduro’s government.

Delcy Rodríguez offered no election date, but insisted that Venezuela will eventually go to the polls. Speaking at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, the interim president said the country must first be fully prepared.

“Elections will take place, but when the country is ready,” Rodríguez said. She added that she had worked “day and night” since taking office on Jan. 5 to ensure Venezuela could vote when the time came.

Elections will take place, but when the country is ready. I have worked tirelessly so that Venezuela is completely ready to go to the polls when its time comes. Have no doubt, elections will be held in this country, but the process will take place under conditions in which Venezuela is fully prepared.

· Delcy RodríguezThe interim president explained why she did not provide an election date.

Rodríguez said she was also conducting intensive diplomacy to restore democratic calm and break what she called the “circle of sanctions” imposed on the country. Venezuela, she argued, already has a constitution and a democratic order protected by that constitution.

Venezuela has a constitution in force and a democratic order guaranteed by that constitution. Besides, I am not the authority that sets the election date.

· Delcy RodríguezRodríguez said the election timetable was not hers to determine.

She rejected the idea that she personally controlled the timetable. “The authority that sets the election date is not me,” she said. Her comments came after U.S. President Donald Trump said Venezuela was “not yet ready” for elections and needed more time.

The political uncertainty follows a reported escalation in relations with Washington. Explosions and aircraft sounds were heard in Caracas on Jan. 3, after which Venezuela accused the United States of attacking civilian and military facilities in several parts of the country. Trump later said the United States had carried out a large-scale attack against Maduro and that Maduro and his wife had been taken out of the country. Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said U.S. prosecutors had filed charges against Maduro and his wife, Flores, including narco-terrorism, cocaine trafficking, and possession of machine guns and destructive devices against the United States.

not yet ready

· Donald TrumpThe U.S. president described Venezuela’s readiness for elections.
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