Caracas Daily Journal: Personalities opposing President Hugo Chávez' government criticized the electoral ban issue and the 26 decrees issued at the end of the Enabling Law period. Former top deputy Luis Miquelena referred to the 26 bills as a means to camouflage the introduction of "everything Venezuelans had already rejected on December 2," Miquelena was quoted as saying.
The former deputy was reported as having catalogued the introduction of the 26 bills as an "aggressive felony of introducing the country to a series of laws that no one knows. Headlines of laws, because they are not even elaborated." Chacao Mayor candidate Liliana Hernández said it was "abusive and rude" to publish 26 law decrees without content.
One of the most prominent inhabilitados, Chacao Mayor Leopoldo López, said he was waiting for the Supreme Justice Tribunal ruling to formalize his bid or not. López faces an electoral ban imposed from the Comptroller General's Office to run for upcoming regional elections. The ban has caused a lot of controversy over its legacy. There was also a delay in the presentation of the official list of candidates of opposition parties who have agreed to present unity candidates in the upcoming regional elections.
Instead of making their official choices public on Sunday, as had been scheduled, Un Nuevo Tiempo, Primero Justicia, Movimiento Al Socialismo, Copei and Acción Democrática said they were "in permanent session" and were waiting for polls results to make final decisions. The official list of names is now to be made public on August 5.
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