 As Venezuela's ruling socialist party on Sunday had a primary to choose candidate for November elections for governors and mayors, President Maduro said the opposition and government prepared to enter a negotiation process set to start later this month. Maduro also said he had no communication with the US government. Now during Sunday's elections, allies of President Nicolas Maduro will vie for the chance to be elected to 23 state and 335 government municipal that have been a key element of the socialist party's dominance of the country's politics. Now the mainstream opposition boycotted presidential and parliamentary elections in 2018 and 2020 arguing they were rigged in favor of Maduro's ruling socialist party. But a coalition that the opposition has said it's willing to participate in the November election.