Abasekeli balaba ababili abancintisa kukhetho lukamongameli eVenezuela bebehlangene emibuthanweni yabo yokugcina ngaphambi kokhetho ngeSonto.
Cishe abantu baseVenezuela abayizigidi eziyi-19 babhalisele ukuvota emjahweni obangwa kakhulu.
Amashumi ezinkulungwane zabasekeli bakaMengameli uHugo Chavez, ongenela ihlandla lesithathu, agcwalise imigudu emikhulu yenhloko-dolobha, iCaracas.
Imbangi yakhe enkulu, uHenrique Capriles, ulindele ukufana nalezo zihlwele njengoba ekhuluma edolobheni laseBarquisimeto.
UMnu Chavez uthi udinga eminye iminyaka eyisithupha ukuze aqinise uhlelo lwakhe lokuguqula umphakathi.
Uma ephumelele ivoti futhi aqede ihlandla lakhe, uzobe esephethe iminyaka engu-20 ilandelana.
UMnu Capriles, ummeli oneminyaka engu-40 ubudala futhi owayengumbusi wezwe, uthembise ukuthuthukisa umnotho nokudala amathuba omsebenzi.
'Ukumangala okukhulu'
Lona kubonakala kuwumjaho oqinile kamongameli eVenezuela eminyakeni engaphezu kweshumi, kusho uSarah Grainger weBBC eCaracas.
Lo mkhankaso uke waba nombango onzima, kusetshenziswa ulimi oluqinile kanye nezinsolo zokuhwebelana phakathi kwezinkambu zombili.
Imibuthano yokugcina ngaphambi kokuphela ngokusemthethweni komkhankaso wokhetho idlala indima ebalulekile esu labo bobabili abangenele ukhetho.
Imigwaqo eyisikhombisa yaseCaracas ivaliwe ngenxa yezimoto, njengoba abalandeli bakaMengameli uChavez beqhamuka ezweni lonke.
UMnu Chavez uqede ukwelashelwa umdlavuza esikhathini esingaphansi kwezinyanga eziyisithupha ezedlule futhi useqinisekise abalandeli ukuthi uselaphekile futhi ukulungele ukuqeda isikhathi sakhe.
Ujikeleze izwe lonke kuleli sonto futhi uzophetha uhambo lwakhe ngomhlangano ngaphandle kwesigodlo sikamongameli eCaracas.
UMnu Capriles ukhethe isizinda sendabuko sikaMongameli Chavez, e-Barquisimeto, enyakatho-ntshonalanga yesifunda saseLara, njengenkulumo yakhe yokugcina.
Iqembu eliphikisayo limeme abalandeli ukuthi bajoyine uMnu Capriles bethi “el naguarazo”, isisho sendawo esisho ukuthi “ukumangala okukhulu”.
(Izindaba ze-BBC)
