US EditionVenezuela Opposition's Machado Promises 'Empty' Voting Booths for Elections
- Maria Corina Machado, a leader of Venezuela's opposition, has urged voters to abstain from participating in the upcoming gubernatorial and legislative elections scheduled for May 25, promising that the voting stations will see little to no turnout.
- This boycott follows Maduro's disputed reelection 10 months ago and ongoing opposition splits, as a smaller faction led by Henrique Capriles plans to participate in the vote.
- Machado's Democratic Unity Platform asserts that, based on their own count of polling station data, opposition contender Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia secured approximately 66% of the ballots in the July 28 presidential election, a result disputed by Maduro who declared himself the winner, leading to subsequent protests.
- Machado said the May 25 vote is a 'huge farce' staged by the regime and predicted the boycott would leave 'all the voting centers empty' as the government faces vulnerability despite security forces' support.
- Machado vowed to continue opposing Maduro's rule 'to the end' and blamed him as the sole cause of sanctions that have worsened Venezuelans' hardships amid hyperinflation and shortages.
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