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Opposition mayor of Tinaco, Cojedes state, Venezuela, joins the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) in the campaign for President Maduro re-election. In a press conference next to PSUV leader Iris Varela on June 7, 2024. Photo: X/@PartidoPSUV.
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) reported that at the end of the current week it welcomed several politicians who had served in the opposition ranks, but who have now joined President Maduro’s political lines and have joined the campaign for his re-election.
One of them is the mayor of the Tinaco municipality, Cojedes state, Juan Carlos Zamora, who left the opposition Fuerza Vecinal party to join the PSUV, and support President Nicolás Maduro. He announced his decision during a press conference held this Friday, June 7, in that town.
Zamora said that he is committed to the homeland, and that he is a lover of peace, “we are people of peace and we will never lend ourselves to burning down our country,” he said during the press conference, which was headed by the political liaison of the PSUV in state, deputy Iris Varela, who welcomed the mayor who, until yesterday, belonged to the opposition.
Likewise, during the press conference, the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, made telephone contact to congratulate the decision taken by the mayor, which he stated as “a correct decision, to unite the forces of those of us who love Venezuela and want peace,” said the president.
Another political leader who until yesterday was in the opposition is the alderman of Iribarren municipality, Lara state, Rigoberto Silva, who was elected in 2021 as a councilor for the Avanzada Progresista party and this Friday also joined the ranks of the PSUV. Silva, along with 35 companions from Avanzada Progresista, took the step towar building peace and socialism in Venezuela.
During the beginning of a meeting with local media, the political head of the PSUV in Iribarren municipality, Lara state, Luis Jonás Reyes Flores, said, “today we want to welcome a group of leaders who in some cases we have met in different territories, whose efforts I recognize, their willingness to work for those most in need. Therefore, they have shown that we have a common goal, so why not unify efforts to advance in the construction of a better homeland for all?”
Reyes took the opportunity to reiterate his willingness to work hand in hand as a single team, “I call on the PSUV militancy to also demonstrate their support and maturity to receive these colleagues in the territories and work together, because, although we have been political adversaries, today the Bolivarian Revolution unites us again,” he said.
The political chief of the PSUV in Iribarren took the opportunity to emphasize: “We are eager for July 28 to arrive to demonstrate the strength of the revolutionary hurricane and make them understand that these people want to live in peace and do not want more sanctions, the victory is in the street, together with our people.”
(Últimas Noticias) by Randolf Borges
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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