Venezuela Opposition to Move Ahead on Recall Referendum
- Opposition alliance has 30 days to collect 200,000 signatures
- Step is first in process to hold recall vote on Maduro
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Venezuela’s opposition cleared an initial hurdle in its promise to hold a referendum on the rule of President Nicolas Maduro, with the national electoral council approving the release of a form used to gather signatures.
The opposition now has 30 days to collect the 1 percent of registered voters, said Luis Emilio Rondon, a member of the electoral body, on the Globovision network. The national electoral council said the opposition needs to get signatures from 197,978 voters across the country.