Venezuela’s interim leader pledges elections at UN but gives no timetable
Delcy Rodriguez told the UN General Assembly that Venezuela would hold elections during a transition to what she called “full democracy”. The interim president did not announce a date, while the source said she took power after US forces captured Nicolas Maduro in a January raid.
Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez has promised that the country will hold elections, but did not set a date for the vote. Speaking to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, Rodriguez said elections would form part of a transition to “full democracy”. She said the commitment should be understood clearly by the international community.
“There will be elections in Venezuela,” Rodriguez told the assembly, according to the South China Morning Post. The report did not say when the vote would take place or provide a timetable for the transition. Rodriguez came to power after American forces captured then-President Nicolas Maduro in a January raid, the source said.
She is described in the report as Venezuela’s interim president. The statement at the United Nations therefore offered a pledge without a specific electoral schedule. Rodriguez also said that her government had initiated talks with the, although the supplied material ends before identifying the parties or explaining what those discussions concern.
The available account provides no further details about the proposed elections, including their date, rules or the bodies that would organise them. It records only Rodriguez’s assurance that a vote would be held as part of the move towards what she described as full democracy. Her remarks put elections at the centre of the transition while leaving the timing unresolved.
The South China Morning Post’s report did not include a response from Maduro or other political groups.
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