Maikel Moreno, President of Venezuela's Supreme Court takes part in the swear-in ceremony for the new leaders of Venezuela's National Electoral Council in Caracas, Venezuela June 12, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's supreme court on Friday named new leaders to the national electoral council that will oversee parliamentary elections later this year, a widely expected move that opposition leaders call an effort to rig the upcoming vote.
Critics of President Nicolas Maduro have repeatedly accused the elections council of favoring the ruling Socialist Party, and in 2018 boycotted the vote that led to Maduro's re-election on the grounds that it was rigged.
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