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Venezuela's National Assembly designated Thursday a new National Electoral Council (CNE) that will oversee the upcoming presidential election following the surprise resignation of the previous board in June. The selection of the five new members of the country’s electoral authority follows an arduous process by the Venezuelan Congress to draw selections from a long-list of 104 candidates, who were previously vetted by a commission made up of lawmakers and representatives of the country’s civil society organizations. National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez celebrated the process behind the selection of the new CNE board, calling it a “product of the broadest consensus” in the country’s recent history, highlighting the participation and buy-in from the country’s opposition parties. https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/15837