Reuters

Announcing the presidential poll would be held by the end of April, the pro-government Constituent Assembly superbody legislature said another election in Venezuela was further evidence of its democratic credentials despite a recent raft of international sanctions. The façade of real elections was continued with exclamations by Maduro’s number two man in his United Socialist Party, Diosdado Cabello. Cabello said the decision to bring forward the elections was a response to the United States and the European Union for imposing sanctions on Venezuela, which he said had the sole objective of "seeking a change of government."
The National Constituent Assembly approved a decree that calls for presidential elections before April 30. Incumbent Nicolás Maduro says he will compete for re-election.