15 OAS states urge Venezuela to act on recall 'without delay'

Source: AFP

A group of 15 countries called on Venezuela Thursday to act "without delay" to clear the way for an election on whether to recall President Nicolas Maduro from office as a way out of a worsening crisis.

The countries, all members of the Organization of American States, issued the joint statement after the head of Venezuela's election authority laid out a schedule this week that appears likely to push any recall election into 2017.

The timeline is crucial because if the unpopular Maduro is voted out in a recall election after January 10 he would simply yield power to his handpicked vice president.

If the recall is held this year, and Maduro loses, the constitution calls for new elections in the leftist-ruled South American country.

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