Nicolás Maduro vows to support elected opposition governors

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, promised on Tuesday to give “support” to the three opposition governors elected in Venezuela in the elections of November 21, in which Manuel Rosales, of the state of Zulia; Alberto Galíndez, from Cojedes, and Morel Rodríguez, from Nueva Esparta, beat their Chavista adversaries. The president made his promise after meeting with Rosales, Galíndez and Rodríguez at the presidential palace of Miraflores, in Caracas, where in the coming days he will also receive the 19 new governors of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). According to what the president told the state television channel VTV at the end of the meetings, he held “useful and fruitful conversations” with the opponents, with the aim of working together to find solutions to the problems of citizens. Read more: Chile shelves a bill to decriminalize abortion “They were three useful and fruitful conversations of understanding, with the idea of working together, with the idea of solving the problems of the people (…) I welcome these meetings. Nicolás Maduro assured that each governor attended the meetings with “his notes, his proposals” related to public services, education, economy, health and reactivation of systems for their states. If we move in that direction of dialogue for action, we will deliver good fruits for the people,” said the president, who promised that his government will take the word of the opposition governors to “work together.” In addition, he was “satisfied” with the results of these meetings and assured that they leave him “very optimistic about what the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 will be.” Meanwhile, the National Electoral Council announced earlier that elections will be repeated in the state of Barinas – the birthplace of Hugo Chávez and the only state without a new governor – on January 9, 2022, after the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) gave the order and annulled the votes of November 21 in that region. Read more: Variant Ómicron arrives in Latin America through BrasilMaduro did not pronounce at any time on the controversial case of Barinas, a Chavista bastion that the PSUV has governed since 1998, always led by the Chávez family.



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