Opposition electoral committtee: Everything is ready for February 12 vote

"We have to report on a succesful day. At this time (5:30 pm, Venezuelan local time), we have set up all of the polling centers throughout the country," said Teresa Albanes, the president of the opposition Unified Democratic Panel (MUD) Electoral Committee, at a press conference on Friday.

"All set for February 12 in which Venezuelans will turn to the polls to do our civic choice."

Abroad, specifically in Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai and Australia, the polling stations were installed on Thursday night. Further, in Miami, Bogota, Hamburg (Germany), Tenerife and Puerto Rico everything is ready for the vote, she added. "We expect that the 63,700 Venezuelans living abroad and enrolled in the Electoral Register respond to the call of Venezuelan society," she said.

Albanes called on all Venezuelans to vote early "so we can start counting the ballots as soon as possible."

"All of the 7,691 polling stations across the nation were set up today (Friday). We are very happy to reach this point and now we are preparing for February 12. Electoral results that day (...) will lead to a new Venezuela that will be different, with a future, with an opportunity to change through vote, democratic participation and respect for the Constitution," she stressed.