CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuelan opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado on Monday said she would not move aside in favor of a substitute despite a decision by the country's supreme court last week to uphold a ban barring her from holding office. The Friday ruling bars Machado, a 56-year-old industrial engineer, from registering for presidential elections scheduled for the second half of this year, with the court saying she supported U.S. sanctions, had been involved in corruption and had lost money associated with Venezuela's foreign assets. "A substitute candidate is the plan by those who don't want change and our plan is change, period."
alabama including legal options that prevent the run off election from taking place or keeping moore from being seated. what s your reaction when you hear that? wolf, i don t think any of those things are even worth discussing because we have shown in the past and we continue to show now that we know how to manage our elections and know how to ensure that we have safe and secure elections with integrity and credibility. that s what we do in the office of the secretary of state. that s what the governor has guaranteed. our state law does not allow for a substitute candidate to be provided as a democrat or a republican. the state party said they continue to support judge moore in a formal way and i think it s clear that on december 12th, the two candidates that are there, judge roy moore and the lawyer, doug jones will be the candidates for the people of