'Despacito' singers veto Venezuelan leader's campaign remix

July 24, 2017 at 8:26 p.m. | Updated July 24, 2017 at 8:30 p.m.

by Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2017 file photo, singers Luis Fonsi, left and Daddy Yankee perform during the Latin Billboard Awards in Coral Gables, Fla. Fonsi and Daddy Yankee hre rejecting the use of their hit song "Despacito" by the government of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro it its July 2017, campaign to change the country's constitution. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
FILE - In this April 27, 2017 file photo, singers Luis Fonsi, left and Daddy Yankee perform during the Latin Billboard Awards in Coral Gables, Fla. Fonsi and Daddy Yankee hre rejecting the use of their hit song "Despacito" by the government of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro it its July 2017, campaign to change the country's constitution. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - There's a new take on the hit Latin pop song "Despacito." And this one is not garnering accolades from its producers.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro premiered a remix of the song by Puerto Rican duo Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee Sunday, transforming the record-setting single about a slow, romantic seduction into a campaign jingle for his contested constitution rewrite.

"For the unity and peace of our country," the remix begins. "The constituent assembly moves forward."

Fonsi and Daddy Yankee took to social media Monday to veto the new spin on their song, which recently became an even bigger hit with a remix featuring Justin Bieber.

Maduro is pressing forward with his pledge to hold a July 30 election to select delegates to a special assembly that will rewrite the constitution.

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