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TEHRAN, May 21 - Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The official result gave Maduro 67.7 percent of the vote, with Falcon a distant second at 21.2 percent.
Victory for the 55-year-old Niclas Maduro, will trigger a new round of western sanctions against his government as it grapples with a ruinous economic crisis.
Some opposition members have boycotted the vote, claiming it is rigged to ensure that Maduro wins a second six-year term in office. The hard-line opposition party Popular Will announced its decision to boycott the election, which it described as an “electoral sham,” on Saturday.
Caracas has assured the public that the election will be free and fair, saying those opposition members who refuse to participate in the election believe they have no chance to win. The government has also invited international observers to monitor the vote.
Yet, US says the election is not legal and is threatening moves against Venezuela’s already reeling oil sector.
On Friday, the US Treasury slapped sanctions against the head of the Venezuelan socialist party, Diosdado Cabello, and his wife, Marleny Josefina Contreras, who heads the country’s tourism institute, and his brother, Jose David.
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