Januar 2016 wurde die politische Spaltung des Landes erneut deutlich.
Days after the recall movement was cancelled, 1.2 million Venezuelans protested throughout the country against the move, demanding that President Maduro leave office, with Caracas protests remaining calm while protests in other states resulted in clashes between demonstrators and authorities, leaving one policeman dead, 120 injured, and 147 arrested.On 1 November 2016, then National Assembly President and opposition leader After the government overcame mass protests and won two major disputed elections, one of which installed a constitutional superbody, the government rallied behind President Maduro, with government sources stating that elections were to be moved ahead to February or March 2018 instead of the planned late-2018 date to take advantage of their electoral momentum.In February 2018, the government announced that elections would be held on 22 April 2018, less than three months before the date.After the Agreement of Electoral Guarantees was signed on 1 March by the political parties The election was mainly observed by allies of the Venezuelan government after many international bodies decided that there were no democratic guarantees in the country; the United Nations declined the invitation to monitor the election,In February 2018, the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) announced that it would boycott the presidential election, saying the electoral system was rigged in favor of incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.The majority of popular leaders of the MUD and other members of the opposition could not apply for the elections because of administrative and legal procedures and were disqualified from participating in the presidential elections by the government. During his speech of the campaign closure, Maduro expressed that Bolívar Avenue was "overwhelmed", but In a January 2018 poll surrounding the presidential election, Meganalisis stated that only 29% of respondents desired to vote in the elections and 72.5% stated that they did not trust the CNE electoral body.
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After the signature of the Agreement of Electoral Guarantees on 1 March by the political parties The presidential and legislative councils campaign started on 22 April and ended on 17 May at midnight, according to the schedule approved by the CNE. After facing years of crisis, the Venezuelan opposition pursued a By August 2016, the momentum to recall President Maduro appeared to be progressing, with the CNE setting a date for the second phase of collecting signatures, though it made the schedule strenuous, stretching the process into 2017 which made it impossible for the opposition to activate new presidential elections.On 21 October 2016, the CNE suspended the referendum days before preliminary signature-gatherings were to be held. I am thinking of giving a prize to the people of Venezuela who go out to vote that day with the Carnet de la PatriaBut they also "described a system of deliberate political manipulation"; their services as medical professionals "were wielded to secure votes for the governing Socialist Party, often through coercion", they told The electoral conduct has been described as being fraudulent,The 1999 Venezuelan constitution establishes that the Electoral Branch, conformed by the National Electoral Council and its subordinate organisms, is responsible for "the organization, administration, direction and surveillance of all the acts related to the election of positions of representation of the branches of government, as well as referendums".
Die Opposition hat dies kritisiert und gesagt, dass die Wahlen primär ein Prozess der Zivilisten sein sollten.Thomas Jäger, Anna Daun, Daniel Lambach, Carmen Lopera, Bea Maass,Britta Margraf: Die Tragödie Kolumbiens: Staatszerfall, Gewaltmärkte und Drogenökonomie; Springer-Verlag 2008, Alexandra Ulmer: Venezuela to hold parliamentary election on December 6; Reuters vom 22.
In Venezuela werden die Wahlen logistisch vom Militär organisiert. 26 de enero: Guyana reforzará vigilancia en fronteras con Venezuela, tras encontrar carreteras ilegales entre ambos países. Venezuela (amtlich Bolivarische Republik Venezuela, spanisch República Bolivariana de Venezuela [venezolanische Aussprache reˈpuβlika βoliβaˈɾjana ðe βeneˈswela]) ist ein südamerikanischer Staat an der Karibikküste. The electoral registry abroad only increased by 7,028 voters, which does not represent even the 0.5% of the Venezuelans estimated abroad. Diese Entmachtung der Nationalversammlung durch den Obersten Gerichtshof ist das offizielle Ende der Gewaltenteilung in Venezuela.Die Opposition forderte die Teilnahme von Beobachtern der Drei EU-Abgeordnete besuchten Venezuela am Anfang November, um inoffiziell die Lage zu erkunden.