Venezuela: CNE investigates the state television station for "irregular use of public resources for partisan purposes" | CNN

Picture taken at Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) in Caracas on July 28, 2017.Protesters took over streets in Caracas on Friday in a show of defiance to President Nicolas Maduro, as the crisis gripping Venezuela turned deadlier ahead of a controversial weekend election that you have earned international scorn.

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The vice president of the National Electoral Council of Venezuela, Enrique Márquez, reported this Tuesday - in his Twitter account - that an investigation and an administrative procedure had been initiated against the state channel, Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), " for irregular use of public resources for partisan purposes ”.

Márquez, who also chairs the Commission for Political Participation and Financing, assured in a statement that VTV uses its programming to promote the candidacies of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, the party of the questioned President Nicolas Maduro, for the municipal and regional elections on November 21. .

The communiqué mentions the program of deputy Diosdado Cabello,

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, and highlights that in the June 2 broadcast the internal process of the political organization was detailed and specific candidacies were advocated.

Márquez extended the call to respect the law to all public officials.

Freddy Ñáñez, president of VTV and Minister of Communication and Information, responded through his Twitter account that: «VTV has not received any formal notification from the National Electoral Council, however, we ratify our willingness to contribute to the strengthening of the republican institutionality ».

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Similarly, an attempt was made to obtain the reaction of the parliamentarian Diosdado Cabello.

without success so far.

On May 5, the National Assembly of Venezuela, made up of more than 90% of deputies from the ruling party and elected in questioned elections, on December 6, appointed a new National Electoral Council (CNE).

The new Electoral Power, according to opposition leaders - such as the two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles - and as Maduro himself recognizes, arose from a negotiation and has set out to create electoral conditions for the November 21 elections and the reinstitutionalization of the country.

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