Opposing current president Maduro, Guaido declared himself interim president of the country in January 2019.
Opposition leader Juan Guaido, recognized as interim president of Venezuela by many countries, on Thursday asked the electoral authority responsible for the calendar of the next presidential elections, scheduled for 2024, to set the date for the ballot.
“They must understand that Venezuelans want to express themselves, that Venezuelans will express themselves, that they cannot continue to hinder (…) freedom and democracy in Venezuela,” said Juan Guaido before the National Council (CNE) elections in Caracas, surrounded by hundreds of supporters.
“Maduro set the date, we are ready to beat you from start to finish throughout Venezuela. Stop backtracking, set the date,” he told Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Guaido candidate?
The opponent, who has not indicated whether he intends to run for president again, led a march through the streets of central Caracas as part of a campaign calling for “free and fair elections”.
The Venezuelan opposition has been working for several months to organize the primaries to determine the candidate that will face Nicolas Maduro.
“It is a duty to fight for these elections which represent a change in Venezuela,” said Juan Guaido, who declared himself interim president of the country in January 2019 when he was president of the parliament and considered the re-election of Nicolas Maduro a “fraud”. last year.
