In the communiqué, read before the press, the president of the Venezuelan Electoral Power, Elvis Amoroso, indicated that the elections will be held in accordance with the Organic Law of Electoral Processes and other regulations established in the national Constitution.
He underlined that the Electoral Power called for an overall process, which includes elections of the lawmakers of Parliament, state governors and members of the state and municipal legislative councils, to be held on April 27.
The press release ratified the CNE’s commitment to guarantee the right to vote and to political participation, as well as to make effective the principles of transparency, equality, reliability, impartiality and efficiency of the electoral processes established in the Constitution.
Amoroso pointed out that this year, the constitutional periods of the lawmakers of the National Assembly (Parliament) and the state governors, municipal mayors and members of the regional and municipal legislative councils will be completed.
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