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...Majority. Yet if the election was a personal triumph for Betancourt, it was considerably less of a political victory. As expected, the winner was Raul Leoni, 57, the shrewd, dour president of Betancourt's Accion Democrdtica party. A founder of A.D., Leoni served as Venezuela's Labor Minister while Be tancourt was provisional President from 1945 to 1948, later took over the party leadership in 1958 when Dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez was overthrown and Betancourt elected President. Leoni campaigned on a promise to continue Betancourt's successful economic and social reforms. But he lacks Betancourt...
...govern effectively, Leoni will have to turn to the man who finished a surprisingly strong second: Rafael Caldera, 47, leader of the Social Christian COPEI Party. He won 21% of the vote. An able Caracas lawyer who advocates far-reaching reform, Caldera has been gathering strength from new voters and those disenchanted with A.D.'s bickering factions. Five years ago, COPEI won 16% of the vote and a junior voice in a coalition government with A.D. Now Caldera's COPEI support is crucial to A.D., and Leoni will have to offer more for a deal with Caldera...
Betancourt is constitutionally barred from succeeding himself, and Democratic Action's nomination has gone to his old friend and the party's president, Raul Leoni, 57, a somewhat aloof and colorless politician who nevertheless can be expected to follow Betancourt's programs. The race for second place could be close, with a slight edge given to the Social Christian Party (COPEI), led by Rafael Caldera, 47, an able and dynamic lawyer. The two parties already operate together as a coalition, are expected to win a controlling majority in Congress and a mandate to carry...
...EDGAR H. LEONI New York City...
Coolly recognizing his own unpopularity with COPEI and Caldera, Leoni argues that even if they won't help put him in office, they will be bound to support him afterward, and he knows he will need their help and votes if he is to govern effectively. The next regime, says Leoni, should be a coalition even if the party has to go it alone in the election...