Venezuela's Setting of Electoral Calendar Fails to Dispel Anger
- Elections for constituent assembly called for late July
- Regional vote set for six months later than previous schedule
A demonstrator embraces a riot policeman during a march against Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on May 22.
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Venezuela’s setting of dates for a constituent assembly and regional elections that had been postponed failed to calm the streets as the opposition rejected President Nicolas Maduro’s plans to push forward with a new constitution and called for more protests Wednesday.
Tibisay Lucena, the National Electoral Council president, said late Tuesday that elections for representatives to redo the constitution would take place in late July and that elections for state governors and municipal mayors will be held Dec. 10. Last October she said state elections would be held before July and local elections would take place at the end of 2017.