Capriles evicts Caldera from his project; demands inquest

Venezuelan presidential candidate for the opposition Unified Democratic Panel (MUD), Henrique Capriles Radonski, announced that deputy Juan José Caldera will be out of his project.

The candidate took the decision following the release of a video on state-run TV channel VTV featuring the congressman receiving money from an alleged businessman for the election campaign. "I will let nobody use my name and the project to put me in a swamp."

"I am not an open book and will never let anybody to use my name to his/her own benefit, seeking privileges. This is what politics has destroyed and this is the view our people have of many politicians in the country."

Capriles reasserted his commitment to all Venezuelans to "work on a project lacking the vices both of the past and the present."

"I will be implacable. I do not accept blackmail. I do not accept pressure. I am not here to advocate any group, but to build a Venezuela where Venezuelans can go ahead."