National Primary Commission Promotes International Awareness and Participation in Primaries for Upcoming Elections

2023-09-12 18:43:14

The National Primary Commission reported that they have met with representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the diplomatic delegations of 19 countries and the European Union with the aim of promoting knowledge of primaries “as an exercise of rights, achieve international awareness about the process and facilitate the holding of election day abroad”

The National Primary Commission (CP) urged political parties this Tuesday, September 12, to nominate candidates for polling station members in the corresponding periods for the October 22 election, in which a sector of the opposition hopes to choose to its unitary candidate for the 2024 presidential elections.

In a statement, released to the media, the Primary Commission took stock of the activities they have carried out to date to carry out these elections. He reiterated that 40 days before the event, “the training and selection of polling station members and the rest of the electoral personnel essential for carrying out the election is essential. These are workshops on the technical aspects of the electoral process.

The CP indicated that they are teaching, together with volunteers, training workshops aimed at facilitators who will later train electoral personnel. «60 workshops have been held so far. “Up to 162 national trainers and 1,847 regional facilitators in 23 states have already been trained.”

For the October 22 elections, 3,010 voting centers were activated, distributed in 331 municipalities throughout the country. Abroad, 87 voting centers were set up in 30 countries “where 85 local committees are being organized, which have more than 1,000 members and will have the support of thousands more Venezuelans in the tasks of electoral personnel and support personnel for the process.” .

“The Primary advances as an exercise of citizen rights, always guided by the principles of impartiality and reliability that distinguish it,” the Commission noted.

In addition, said body reported that they have met with representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the diplomatic delegations of 19 countries and the European Union with the aim of promoting knowledge of the primaries “as an exercise of rights, achieve international awareness about the process and facilitate the holding of election day abroad.

The Commission avoided ruling on the blocking of the search engine page for the voting centers by the state-owned Cantv and four other private internet operators, as well as the legal actions of a group of citizens before regional courts for the use of data in the registry that is managed for the primaries.

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