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Pompeo: Maduro wants to 'rig the election'
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United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo issued a statement on Monday accusing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of wanting to rig the election process after the country's Supreme Court made a decision to name a new National Electoral Council (CNE).
Pompeo stressed that: "Venezuelans deserve an independent CNE," and noted that: "the Venezuelan Constitution gives the democratically elected National Assembly the responsibility of electing the CNE members. Without following this process, elections that represent the will of the people are impossible."
The tensions between the two countries have been rising after Maduro’s claim that the US government was behind an attempt on his life that was allegedly
prevented on May 5.
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