If so, he would splinter Accion Democratica, with whose rank and file he is popular.
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COPEI's rival, Accion Democratica, the country's oldest and largest party, risks the same fate.
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As for that party and Accion Democratica, four years of ineffective opposition to Mr Caldera have done little to change the general view that both are corrupt and out of date.