Venezuela to hold presidential elections on April 14

 　　CARACAS, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced on Saturday after a special meeting of its Board of Directors that the presidential elections will be held on April 14.

　　CNE president Tibisay Lucena said the nomination¹ of candidates will be realized on Sunday and Monday, while the electoral registration² will be the same as the last elections on Oct. 7, 2012.

　　The election campaign will run for 10 days, from April 2 until April 11. Each candidate will have 4 minutes to campaign on television and 5 minutes on radio.

　　"This election can guarantee the soundness of the electoral system and the whole process (...) and guarantees the sovereignty of the people through the vote," she said.

　　CNE made the decisions after the death of late President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday, after fighting cancer for two years.

　　According to the Venezuelan Constitution, a new and direct general election will be held within 30 days of the death of President Chavez.

　　Nicolas Maduro, who was officially sworn in on Friday as Venezuela's acting³ president, will be the candidate of the ruling United Socialist⁴ Party of Venezuela.

　　He will probably face opposition⁵ leader Henrique Capriles, who was defeated by Chavez in the presidential elections last October.

1 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

2 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

3 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

4 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

5 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。