▁ 2 5 ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Venezuela ’ s ▁Ch ave z ▁Ann oun ces ▁PS U V ▁C andid ate ▁List s </ ref > ▁ ▁O pp osition ▁The ▁main ▁Venez uel an ▁opposition ▁parties ▁had ▁boy c otted ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁parliament ary ▁election , ▁unexpected ly ▁withdraw ing ▁just ▁before ▁election ▁day , ▁despite ▁a ▁dispute ▁over ▁the ▁voting ▁process ▁apparently ▁having ▁been ▁resolved ▁with ▁the ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁Organ ization ▁of ▁American ▁States ▁( O AS ). ▁Ele ven ▁deput ies ▁subsequently ▁defect ed ▁to ▁the ▁opposition ▁or ▁declared ▁themselves ▁independent . ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁opposition ▁parties ▁were ▁planning ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁M esa ▁de ▁la ▁Un idad ▁Democr ática ▁( Co al ition ▁for ▁Democratic ▁Unity , ▁M UD ) ▁a ▁coal ition ▁that ▁would ▁include ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁opposition ▁parties ▁which ▁might ▁select ▁unique ▁candidates ▁for ▁the ▁up coming ▁elections . ▁A ▁previous ▁opposition ▁um bre lla ▁group , ▁the ▁Co ordin adora ▁Democr ática , ▁had ▁col lapsed ▁after ▁the ▁failure ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁recall ▁refer endum . ▁ ▁By ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁M UD ▁included ▁around ▁ 5 0 ▁political ▁parties , ▁of ▁which ▁ 1 6 ▁were ▁national ▁in ▁scope ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁regional , ▁and ▁received ▁support ▁from ▁some ▁other ▁social ▁organis ations ▁and ▁opinion ▁groups . ▁The ▁main ▁parties ▁included ▁in ▁M UD ▁are