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(CNN Spanish) --
A group of former deputies of the National Assembly of Venezuela resolved this Thursday to withdraw support from Juan Guaidó, the opposition leader recognized by the United States as interim president of Venezuela, according to the result of a virtual session.
With 72 votes against, 23 votes in favor and nine abstentions, the majority of the parliamentarians elected for the 2016-2021 period agreed in the first discussion to approve the reform of the Statute Law governing the Transition to Democracy —the legal basis that allowed Guaidó, president of the National Assembly in 2019, proclaim himself as interim president of the South American country in January of that year— and end the so-called interim.
This will must be endorsed in the second session of the former deputies, which will take place on December 29, which will be final to determine the future of Guaidó.
Despite the fact that at some point he was recognized by more than 60 countries, Guaidó has never controlled the territory of his country, despite the fact that he does maintain control over some of Venezuela's assets abroad due to the decision of the governments of those countries to ignore Nicolás Maduro as president.
Alfonso Marquina, a former deputy of the National Assembly, argued his vote against continuity by saying that they have not achieved the objectives that were set in 2019.
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"The political process that began in January 2019 has been weakened and is not perceived as an option for real political change. It has not achieved the liberation objectives that we expected, and the country is demanding new paths that will lead us to democracy," he said. Marquina.
Faced with this unfavorable result, Guaidó said on his social networks that the result of the vote "would only give the dictatorship territory," and that he hopes that in the second discussion "the unit will be paid because that is what Venezuela expects."
The president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), referred to the interim as a "political mirage."
The presidential elections in Venezuela will be in 2024.
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