Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza talks to the media in front of a cardboard cut-out of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela August 16, 2017. REUTERS/Marco Bello
CARACAS (Reuters) - Opposition candidates running in Venezuela's October gubernatorial elections will be investigated to make sure none were involved in violent political protests this year, the head of a new pro-government truth commission said on Wednesday.
The panel was set up earlier in the day by the constituent assembly elected last month at the behest of socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Government critics say the commission is designed to sideline the opposition and bolster the ruling party's flagging support ahead of the October vote.
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