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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro affirmed that the main objective of the Constituent Assembly is to guarantee peace, justice and truth, as well as the reconciliation of all Venezuelans.
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"We need order, justice, peace, a country that is reunited. We have a single option and that is the National Constituent Assembly," the head of state said during an interview on the television program "La Hojilla" on the Venezuelan state television channel VTV Saturday.
He urged that "politics be conducted with words, conversation, dialogue," in reference to continued violence by the right-wing opposition.
Meanwhile, Venezuela's former foreign minister, and now a candidate for the National Constituent Assembly, Delcy Rodriguez reiterated that as soon as the body is installed, positive decisions will be taken to bring peace to the country.
En Propatria Parroquia Sucre el Pueblo espera con ansias el 30 de Julio para salir por miles a VOTAR por la Constituyente! @DrodriguezVen pic.twitter.com/2CsjaaYeEf
— Angelo E Rivas R (@rivasangelo) 22 July 2017
"In Propatria, Sucre the people look forward to July 30 to come out in the thousands to VOTE for the Constituent Assembly!"
Speaking in the west of the capital of Caracas, Rodriguez said, "There will be no intervention, there will be no war, there will be a Constituent Assembly."
Elections for 545 representatives to the body are set for July 30, and whose universal, free and popular vote is being threatened by U.S. sanctions and opposition violence.
"Let's call all those colleagues (to vote), because the Constituent Assembly is for everyone, (we) have the right to a diversified, productive economic model, for the future of younger generations, for justice to be done" added Rodriguez.
Another ANC candidate Cilia Flores said it will provide a great opportunity for discussion after all of the other avenues for talks with opponents of the Bolivarian government have been exhausted.
Flores said, "People will sit down at the table representing all sectors: pensioners, businessmen, youth, the whole town will be sitting at this great table of dialogue ... We are going to prove to the world that nobody will come here to intimidate us or to impose orders, whatever problems we may have, generated by the right, we will solve them."
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The countries which make up the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America have issued a statement calling for people to unite and support the vote by endorsing it online.
Saying that the ANC is a legitimate and popular process, it is launching a new campaign on July 24, using the hashtags #VenezuelaCorazóndeAmerica and #VamosConLaConstituyente.
Timed to coincide with the anniversary of the birth of Simon Bolivar, the South American liberator, the group is urging for people to take part in demonstrations of solidarity via street activities and messages on social media.
Supporters are also being invited to send videos explaining what the Constituent Assembly means to them. ALBA is organizing further days of action from July 28-30.
Meanwhile, the opposition said it will hold another strike starting Wednesday for 48 hours.
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