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| Fewer deputies to be elected in anti-government constituencies |
| 2015-04-16 |
| [ELUNIVERSAL] A project of constituencies prepared by technicians of the National Electoral Council (CNE) reduces the amount of deputies to be elected in areas where voters have a historic trend to support opposition candidates, while it increases the number of parliamentarians to be elected in constituencies where voters usually cast their ballots for pro-government candidates. The project was disclosed by electoral technicians of ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). It cuts, for instance, the number of deputies chosen in constituency N 2 in Miranda state, list deputies in the Capital District, and the parliamentarians in constituency N 1 in Nueva Esparta state. According to the proposal, the total number of deputies to be chosen in the upcoming parliament vote could increase from 165 to 167. There are still two steps to be accomplished before the project is passed: First, the National Assembly has to certify the Population Index of the National Statistics Institute (INE) on which the modifications are based; second, the majority of the CNE directors have to approve the changes in the electoral constituencies. |
| Posted by:Fred |