Venezuelan prosecutors have summoned a former ally of President Hugo Chavez for possible arraignment on corruption charges.
The Attorney General's Office said Tuesday that former Guarico state Gov. Eduardo Manuitt must appear next week before a judge who will decide whether to formally charge him with misusing public funds.
Manuitt denies any wrongdoing, saying the accusations are politically motivated.
Manuitt and Chavez parted ways last year after Manuitt decided not to join the president's newly formed ruling party.
Chavez later accused his one-time supporter of pocketing public funds, and Manuitt countered that Chavez was turning into an autocrat.
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