FILE PHOTO: Pedro Calzadilla, new director of the National Electoral Council, is seen at the end of the extraordinary session of the National Assembly of Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan Electoral Council President Pedro Calzadilla said on Thursday that the country would hold regional and local elections on Nov. 21, despite the opposition's call this week for presidential and parliamentary votes as well.
The mayoral and gubernatorial elections will be the first overseen by the new council, named earlier this month, which includes three members linked to President Nicolas Maduro's ruling Socialist Party and two members close to the opposition. Previous boards had been made up solely of Maduro loyalists.
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