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Venezuela to hold elections this year despite attack

Thursday, 12 March 2020 2:52 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 12 March 2020 5:12 PM ]

Supporters of President Nicolas Maduro hold a Venezuelan flag while taking part in a demonstration heading to the National Assembly in Caracas on March 10, 2020. (Photo by AFP)

Jesus Silva
Press TV, Caracas

This week, the Venezuelan government said elections for the country's Congress, also known as National Assembly, will be held this year despite the recent attack, against facilities of the National Electoral Council.

President Nicolas Maduro, who has denounced the attack stressed that although hundreds of voting machines were destroyed, such assets will be replaced very soon and the parliamentary elections will successfully be held.

Controversy has surrounded this election since the opposition says that the electoral council is a pro-government office so its member must be changed before holding any election.

However, Maduro says the Venezuelan Constitution is the legal basis of these elections, and that US allegations are completely unfounded. The country's top electoral authority has also emphasized that neither foreign hostility nor internal sabotage will prevent the elections.

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