Electoral experts are unanimous that a newly-announced process for small parties to retain their official political party status is “impossible” to fulfil, and will simply allow the national electoral court (CNE) to strike off the register potentially dozens of parties, mostly (but not all) opposition-leaning. As per Venezuelan law, the minimum number of members a party must have to retain official party status is 0.5% of the voting population in at least 12 (of the 23) states. Venezuela currently has about 67 parties.End of preview - This article contains approximately 923 words.
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