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The race to select the opposition’s candidate in the upcoming presidential elections in Venezuela officially began Tuesday amid threats of a “military rebellion” by a close ally of far-right primary candidate Maria Corina Machado. After years of pursuing extra-constitutional regime change methods and electoral boycotts, the primary will see Venezuela’s hardline opposition return to electoral politics. The process will be conducted by the self-styled National Primary Commission (CNP) without the assistance of the country’s National Electoral Council (CNE) following the resignation of the electoral authority’s board members. In a statement issued Tuesday, the CNP announced that the 13 candidates who will compete for the opportunity to challenge Chavismo in the upcoming constitutionally mandated presidential election had signed a pact that will govern the process, adding that campaigning will conclude on October 20, with the vote taking place on October 22. https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/15833