Caracas, 12 Mar. AVN.- Eusebio Mendez, Nicolas Maduro, Reina Sequera, Maria Bolivar, Fredy Tabarquino, Henrique Capriles, Gonzalo Contreras and Julio Mora submitted Monday to the National Electoral Council (CNE) the requirements to be nominated candidates in Venezuela's presidential elections next April 14.

Socialist candidate Nicolas Maduro, seeking to continue with the Bolivarian Revolution, was second in handing over the documents before CNE's Commission for Nominations. He did it a midday, backed by fourteen political organizations, reported the electoral body in a press release.

Maduro received, on behalf of CNE president Tibisay Lucena and the rest of electoral authorities, a certificate issued by the National Electoral Board after handing over the legal requirements for his register.

His nomination has been supported by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), social democrat Podemos, UPV, Redes, PPT, Tupamaro, New Revolutionary PATh or NCR, Independent for National Community (IPCN), Venezuelan Revolutionary Trends (CRV), People's Electoral Movement (MEP), Juan Bimba, Authentic Renewing Organization (ORA) and Labor's Revolutionary Party (PRT).

Right-wing candidate Henrique Capriles did not attend personally to the electoral body, but sent a representative of the opposition coalition MUD to make official his nomination.

The same as Capriles, Maria Bolivar was registered by a representative of the organization which supports her, the United Democratic Party for Peace and Freedom (PDUPL).

The other hopefuls for the Venezuelan presidency are Christian minister Eusebio Mendez, of the political organization New perspective for my country or NUVIPA, who nominated the first to CNE last Monday; Fredy Tabarquino, of the Organized Youth of Venezuela (JOVEN); Gonzalo Contreras, nominated by Cambio Pana; and Julio Mora, by Democratic Unity party (UDEMO).

Three nominees repeat

Capriles, Bolivar and Sequera, the later supported by the Labor Party, repeat as candidates after being defeated last October 7 by Hugo Chavez, who won with eight million ballots (55.07 per cent).

The rightist candidate, also governor of central state of Miranda, obtained in that electoral process 6.5 million ballots (44.31 per cent).

Bolivar obtained 7,378 ballots nationwide and she was also candidate for governor in western state of Zulia last December 16, where she also lost by adding only 620 ballots.

Sequera got 70,567 ballots in the past presidential elections – 9.47 per cent of the national result.