Deputy: Voters harassed by ruling party's activists

Opposition deputy to the Parliament of the state of Zulia, northwestern Venezuela, and Secretary for Indigenous Peoples and Communities, Nikarely Mappari, complained that voters standing in line at polling centers are being harassed by members of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) who work at the mayor's office of Mara municipality.

She added that PSUV members are located at the gates of polling stations, which are mainly schools, to take photos of people working for or receiving benefits from social programs (missions). Mappari said that the PSUV activists are intimidating people by telling them that they will no longer benefit from social programs if they vote in the primaries.