The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, extended his invitation to the people to participate actively in the grass root assemblies for the nomination of candidates for mayors and municipal councils for the next elections on July 27.

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This process will take place this Saturday, June 7, starting at 2:00 PM (local time) and precedes the municipal elections scheduled for July 27. Nicolás Maduro emphasized that these assemblies will activate a “nomination mechanism from the base, from the territory.”

It will be the ordinary people, in the more than 47,000 communities throughout the country, who, together with their community leaders, will propose those they consider “the best female leaders and the best male leaders” to occupy the positions of mayors in their respective municipalities, according to the Venezuelan head of state.

The United Socialist Party of Venezuela will hold grass root assemblies in all communities, following the model used for the candidacy of previous candidates.

These assemblies, according to the Venezuela’s Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello Rondón, will be an open and popular consultation, seeking to be broad, inclusive and unitary.

The main objective is to select leaders to build a direct and participatory democracy in an accelerated process of transformation. President Maduro emphasized the need for direct democracy that is effective and efficient in dealing with community affairs, focusing on building the community and the Venezuela of the future.

On July 27, elections will be held in Venezuela for the 33rd time, with representatives of 335 mayors and 2,471 municipal councillors to be elected throughout the country. The distribution of posts includes different modalities of election, including indigenous representation in certain states. The Venezuelan president expressed his gratitude to the participants and anticipated a successful day of citizen participation.

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