2013-04-29 08:55:51

Venezuela to audit national vote


(Vatican Radio) Venezuela's Electoral Council is pushing ahead with a partial audit of the presidential election.

The Electoral Council in Venezuela says it will start the examination of 46 per cent of the original vote on 6 May, and will complete its scrutiny by 4 June. However, it has already stressed this will not mean a change of the result, which stands.

President Nicolas Maduro, the hand-picked successor of Hugo Chavez, won the election, by less than two per cent of the vote.


Main oppostion leader Henrique Capriles, who initially agreed to this process, but then refused to continue, called it a joke. He says he will take his case for a fresh election all the way to the Supreme Court. He insists there was widespread fraud and coercion.

Maduro, who was inaugurated as president on 19 April, visited Cuba to pledge the continuity of the economic lifeline alliance. More than 50 bilateral projects were agreed to during his trip.

Listen to the report by James Blears: RealAudioMP3








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