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Venezuelan President NicolĂĄs Maduro (center left) in a meeting at Miraflores Palace, accompanied by (from left to right) Cilia FLores, Jorge RodrĂguez, Tareck El Aissami, and NicolĂĄs Maduro Guerra, and opposition leaders on the other side, from right to left, Jose Pinto, LuĂs Parra, Timoteo Zambrano, BernabĂŠ GutiĂŠrrez, and Juan Carlos Alvarado, December 2, 2022. Photo: Presidential Press.
On Friday, December 2, the president of Venezuela, NicolĂĄs Maduro, held a meeting with deputies from the opposition Democratic Alliance bloc of the National Assembly (AN).
The meeting, held in the BoyacĂĄ Hall of Miraflores Palace, was attended by AN deputies BernabĂŠ GutiĂŠrrez (AcciĂłn DemocrĂĄtica), LuĂs Parra and JosĂŠ Brito (Primero Venezuela), Timoteo Zambrano (Cambiemos), LuĂs Augusto Romero (Avanzada Progresista) and Juan Carlos Alvarado (COPEI).
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President Maduro was accompanied by his wife, Deputy Cilia Flores; Jorge RodrĂguez, president of the National Assembly; Petroleum Minister Tareck El Aissami; HĂŠctor RodrĂguez, governor of Miranda state; Deputy NicolĂĄs Maduro Guerra, and other officials.
ÂĄHa sido una reuniĂłn muy fructĂfera! Conversamos con quienes han aglutinado los principales partidos de oposiciĂłn en el paĂs, a fin de proyectar los acuerdos que fueron firmados en MĂŠxico y avanzar hacia el futuro. pic.twitter.com/4jmsvCMaFQ
— NicolĂĄs Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) December 3, 2022
Working groups
It was announced that working groups will be formed that will discuss the issues of priority, for a period of 30 days, to draft an agenda. The groups will be composed of representatives of the Venezuelan government and the opposition bloc Democratic Alliance.
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National Assembly President Jorge RodrĂguez explained that the dialogue will address economic, social, political and electoral issues, and the conclusions of the dialogue will be presented in a joint statement at the end of 30 days.
“We have given ourselves 30 days to be able to defineâthrough a number of working groupsâthe most important issues in the economic, social, political and electoral arena,” RodrĂguez announced. “After those 30 days a document should come out where we can present to the country the issues on which the Venezuelan opposition and the Bolivarian Revolution agree.”
RodrĂguez added that issues of economic interest will be discussedâissues “that are of transcendental importance for the Venezuelan population and, without a doubt, political and electoral issues with a view for the years to come, where we will have presidential, gubernatorial, mayoral and parliamentary elections.â
(RedRadioVE and La IguanaTV)
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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