Venezuela Opposition Spurns Pact to Recognize July Vote Results
- Deal signed Thursday between Maduro and seven other candidates
- Candidate Edmundo González refuses to endorse agreement
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Venezuela’s opposition refused to seal a pact proposed by President Nicolás Maduro to force candidates to recognize the results of the July 28 presidential election, raising tensions between the parties ahead of the vote.
Maduro endorsed on Thursday the agreement with seven little-known candidates. Opposition’s hopeful Edmundo González had indicated that he wouldn’t sign it, as the government had already violated an electoral accord by revoking an invitation to the European Union to observe the vote. A dissident from the opposition, Enrique Márquez, didn’t sign the deal either.