Chavez Foe Says He Won’t Push for President to Cede Power
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Venezuela’s leading opposition presidential candidate said he won’t press for Hugo Chavez to relinquish power while he recovers from cancer, and will continue with plans to defeat him at the ballot box next year.
Henrique Capriles Radonski, the governor of Miranda state, is favored in polls to win a February primary to select a coalition candidate to run against Chavez. Capriles said today Venezuelan law allows Chavez to remain in Cuba for as long as he wishes, and he hopes Chavez overcomes his illness. There’s no need for him to cede power to Vice President Elias Jaua in the meantime.