Presidential campaigning set to begin in Venezuela

On Tuesday Venezuela is to launch the country’s political campaigning before the early presidential elections which became necessary after the death of President Hugo Chavez on March 5th.

The National Electoral Council designated polling day to be April 14th and limited campaigning to take place from the 2nd to the 11th of April.

Interim president Nicolas Madurofrom the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela is running for office with his main rival being the candiate from the opposition Democratic Unity Bloc Henrique Capriles, who in of October last year, also ran for the presidency.

At that time Then, with 55 percent of the vote, Chavez was re-elected for Capriles voted 44 percent of Venezuelans.

All recent polls indicate that a victory is likely to gain the Maduro, supported the poor.