Venezuela’s Maduro Ready to Sign Pact to Recognize Vote Results
- Remarks come as most polls show him behind opposition hopeful
- Once ratified, he said he will call for a great dialogue
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Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is willing to sign an agreement to recognize the results of next month’s presidential election despite polls still showing him trailing the opposition’s little-known candidate.
A confident Maduro said Monday evening that he is willing to “immediately” seal a pact with him and the eight other presidential candidates “to recognize the bulletin” announced by the electoral council July 28. Once he’s ratified as president, he said, he’ll call for a “great dialogue” of all Venezuelans.
