Oppositionist Coalition MUD Will not Participate in Presidential Elections Summoned by the Constituent National Assembly

Feb 21st, 2018.- The Table of the Democratic Unity (MUD, in its Spanish accronym), announced it will not participate in the presidential elections summoned by the Constituent National Assembly, next April 22nd.



Ángel Oropeza, member of the MUD, made the announcement in a press conference. He challenged the Venezuelan government to compete in other conditions: "On behalf of the huge majority of Venezuelans, we challenge Maduro's government to participate in real elections", he said.
 
"With the conditions foreseen in the agreement in the Dominican Republic, we are willing and ready to participate. Otherwise, do not count with the Unity nor the Venezuelan people to foster a fraud (...) If the government follows the law, the Unity is willing to take in", he said.

Oropeza exhorted to constitute a national wide front to acomplish clean elections. 




Read the article in Spanish, here: https://www.aporrea.org/oposicion/n321285.html