Venezuela prepares for presidential election on July 28th

*Venezuelan Minister of Defense to receive Carter Center delegation *International delegations visit Venezuela ahead of presidential elections

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00:00We go now to Venezuela, where Special Envoy Junius Zuner has the latest on the race towards

00:05the presidential election on July 28th.

00:08Hello, good morning from Caracas, Venezuela, actually from the Ministry of Defense, where

00:15we are right now, because here will be the place where the Minister of Defense, Padrino

00:21Lopez, will receive a delegation of the Carter Center, a U.S. think tank that will be one

00:29of the groups watching over the elections here in Venezuela.

00:33The Carter Center is pretty welcome here, because it has previously already validated

00:39and verified that the electoral system in Venezuela is one of the best in the world.

00:44It has expressed publicly its confidence in its functioning and truthfulness in reflecting

00:50the will of the Venezuelan people.

00:52The Minister will explain to the delegation how the republic plan works.

00:57This is the plan within which the armed forces are overseeing and managing all the security

01:05aspects related to the elections on July 28th.

01:09That means they secure the ballot boxes, they secure the voting centers, they secure the

01:15transfer of data and make sure that voters arrive safely to the election centers to cast

01:22their votes.

01:23So, all these details, which include deployment of hundreds of thousands of soldiers to election

01:29centers on that day, a regular scheme, by the way, will be explained to the representatives,

01:35to the delegation of the Carter Center that consists of eight members, headed by Jenny

01:40Lincoln, who is the principal advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Carter

01:46Center.

01:47They will unite here, the Ministry will explain the details, how that republic plan works,

01:52if they have, they will have questions and exchange, and we expect them to hold a short

01:59press meeting, press conference afterwards, but details are not provided yet.

02:03So, stay tuned, we are reporting from here, the Ministry of Defense in Caracas, Venezuela.