 Chavez Launches
his Candidacy for Venezuela's Presidency 2007-2013
15/08/06
Venezuelan
President Hugo Chávez presented himself at the National Electoral
 Council
(CNE) Saturday to register his candidacy for the December 3 presidential
election.
He was nominated in all by 25 different political organisations which,
besides his own, Movement for the Fifth Republic (MVR), included coalition
partner Patria Para Todos (Fatherland for All), Podemos (We Can – For Social
Democracy), the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), and several smaller
parties, such as the Middle Class Revolutionaries and the Movement for
Revolutionary Action (Tupamaros).
After registering, Chávez expressed his confidence in the Venezuelan
electoral system and, regarding the campaign, said that it, “must be above
all a debate about ideas, an opportunity to elevate the level of debate and
the political culture.”
He also used the opportunity to guarantee that, in accordance with the norms
of publicity and propaganda constituted by the CNE, he would not use
official channels such as the weekly presidential TV program Aló
Presidente to campaign for his re-election...
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