Former Minister of Defense Raúl Isaías Baduel suggested the National Electoral Council (CNE) to convene a meeting between the political groups supporting and rejecting President Hugo Chávez's proposed changes to the Constitution, parliamentarian Ismael García said.

"I delivered a letter from General Baduel to the CNE at 3 pm outlining a proposal that the groups supporting the No vote and the Yes vote may meet before the results are announced," he explained.

Baduel, who headed a civic-military operation that returned President Hugo Chávez to power following a brief coup, recently branded the intended constitutional reform as a new coup d'etat, and urged people to vote NO.