2006 Venezuelan presidential election
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The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is to hold a presidential election in December 2006. A new President will be elected for a six-year term. As directed by the National Electoral Council (CNE), the elections will be held on Sunday, 3 December 2006.
Candidates and Pre-Candidates
- Hugo Chávez, the incumbent president, representing the Movement for the Fifth Republic.
- Roberto Smith Perera, a former minister in the Caldera government, representing Venezuela de Primera.
- Teodoro Petkoff, a former minister in the Caldera government, civil society candidate.
- Froilán Barrios, General Secretary of the Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela trade union federation (CTV).
- Julio Borges, a former federal deputy, representing Justice First.
- Vicente Brito, a former President of the Fedecámaras federation of chambers of commerce.
- Sergio Omar "Cura" Calderón, a member of the Christian socialist party COPEI, former governor of Táchira.
- William Ojeda, representing Un Solo Pueblo.
- Benjamin Rausseo aka Er Conde del Guácharo, supported by party Partido Independiente Electoral Democrático de Respuesta Avanzada - PIEDRA (in english "stone").
- Manuel Rosales, governor of Zulia, supported by his party Un Nuevo Tiempo ("New Time").
- Cecilia Sosa, former President of the Supreme Court of Justice.
- Enrique Tejera París, former foreign minister, ambassador, and founder of Cordiplan.
Concerns over the Electoral Registry
Opposition candidates and political parties have voiced concerns over the possible inaccuracies of the national electoral registry. Previous elections have shown that there might be a great number of deceased people still on the records. The CNE has started a review process and has asked all the public universities of Venezuela to conduct also an external review of the electoral registry. However, the review project presented by the Central University of Venezuela, Simón Bolívar University and the Catholic University Andrés Bello was rejected by the CNE. Thus far, only the IVIC and non autonomous state universities are participating in the external review.[citation needed]
In June 2006, a preliminary study, privately funded by Genaro Mosquera statistics professor at the Central University, showed that in the last three years the registry grew 27% compare to a population growth of only 7.3% during those years and also a much larger growth than the regular increasse of the registry of 12% every five years between 1948 and 2000. Also, by comparing the official population numbers provided with by the Office of National Statistics with the CNE registry, there seems to be more register voters of 45 years of age and over than actual population. The comparison of the data from the CNE with the Office of National Statistics was one of the criteria proposed by the public universities to be used as an important factor for a satisfactory revision but later rejected by the CNE.
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