Venezuela's Guaido calls for opposition input into new electoral body

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido attends a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela March 3, 2021. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Wednesday that he would support naming a new electoral council but said its members should not be chosen unilaterally by the National Assembly currently held by the ruling socialist party.

Guaido and his allies boycotted legislative elections last December, asserting they would be rigged in favor of candidates aligned with President Nicolas Maduro's party - in part because they alleged the National Electoral Council (CNE), which oversees elections, was made up of Maduro loyalists.