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Maduro says ready to step down if opposition wins parliamentary polls

He added that his fate was up to the Venezuelan people to decide
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro AP Photo/Matias Delacroix
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
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BOGOTA, December 2. /TASS/. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he was ready to step down if the country’s opposition forces win the December 6 parliamentary elections.

"If the opposition wins, I will step down from the post of the president," Maduro said in a televised speech on Tuesday.

He added that his fate was up to the Venezuelan people to decide.