*54 political organizations nominated candidates for parliamentary elections
*More than 20 million citizens are called to vote next May 25
*More than 20 million citizens are called to vote next May 25
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00:00In the streets of the Venezuelan capital, there is a climate of peace and tranquility.
00:09Citizens are encouraged to vote for their representatives in the parliamentary and regional elections on May 25.
00:20Here we are playing an important role for all Venezuelans.
00:23Why?
00:24Because in the assembly is where our deputies are going to defend our rights as Venezuelans, the right to housing, the right to health, the right even of the animals, because they are also living, and important, beings, in our country.
00:36So it is a crucial moment where all the people, and all Venezuelans who love our country definitely have to support this moment, and go out to vote.
00:44Because if we were not a democratic country and we did not trust in our electoral authority that you see there, we would not be here.
00:56Today we would not have elections here, whoever wants to, whoever has money, is elected by hand.
01:01Here the people are elected, because I know candidates who are from the people, who have come from the neighborhood.
01:06The Venezuelan people have confidence in their institutions, and have demonstrated several times the will to continue building their participatory democracy.
01:20The form of election we have in Venezuela is a transparent way.
01:28For the voting process on May 25, the machines will go through the corresponding verification processes, to then go to the polls.
01:35Here we have international observers, national observers, technicians that have reviewed the electoral processes here and in other elections,
01:43and it has been characterized for being a strong support, because the same that comes out in the ballots is the same that is counted in the box.
01:50And it's the same that they deliver to the socialist political parties and to the opposition parties.
01:5954 political organizations nominated candidates, 36 are national parties, 10 are regional parties, and 8 are indigenous organizations.
02:13285 positions, 285 positions in the National Assembly, 24 governors, and 260 state legislators are up for renewal.
02:22This is an election of fundamental importance for Venezuela, because it means that after having consolidated the power of the highest executive power,
02:35the consolidation and ratification of the democratic will of the Venezuelan people, as established in the Bolivarian Constitution,
02:42ratifies that together with President Maduro, who represents the executive power,
02:46we will also elect those who will accompany the legislative power, in this case, both the national and the regional.
02:58More than 20 million Venezuelans are eligible to vote, and will take to the streets to exercise their citizenship next Sunday, May 25.
03:08From the camera of Marcos da Silva, Bruno Falsi, Caracas, Venezuela, to Telesur.