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Venezuela’s opposition leader banned from running for Presidency for 15-yrs

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Venezuela's opposition leader banned from running for Presidency for 15-yrs

Henrique Capriles, the opposition leader in Venezuela has been banned by authorities from running for Presidency for the next 15-years.

However, Capriles has rejected the ruling that would prevent him from challenging President Nicolas Maduro in the 2018 polls.

While reading from excerpts of the comptroller general’s order at a rally on Friday night, he urged supporters to take to the streets to defend their political rights and demand the removal of President Maduro.

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“When the dictatorship squeals it’s a sign we’re advancing,” he said in a speech surrounded by other leading opposition figures, many of whom themselves have been targeted. “The only one who is disqualified here is you, Nicolas Maduro.”

The banning of the 44-year-old is the latest move in an increasingly tense power struggle in the crisis-hit country.

Capriles, currently the governor of Miranda state has been the most prominent leader of Venezuela’s opposition over the past decade, twice coming close to winning the presidency.

 

 

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