December 20, 2015
Jailed Venezuela opponent says Maduro’s exit should be priority
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) – Ousting President Nicolas Maduro should be a priority of Venezuela’s new legislature that meets in January, jailed Opposition Leader Leopoldo López said in an interview out yesterday.
López told the daily El Nacional that Maduro must be removed before his term formally ends in 2019.
Opposition candidates won a resounding two-thirds majority in the December 6 elections for the National Assembly, ending 16 years of leftist pro-government majority.
“The first step we must take is to consolidate the Opposition leadership’s committment that Maduro must leave before 2019,“ Lopez said, answering written questions sent by the newspaper.
