Monday, January 16, 2017

Venezuela's opposition lawmakers accuse President Nicolas Maduro of violating constitution



Opposition lawmakers in the Venezuelan assembly accused President Nicolas Maduro of violating the country's constitution by delivering his state of the union address at the Supreme Court instead of the national assembly. Opposition leader Henrique Capriles slammed Maduro's move in a tweet and said that he was "a costly error in our history". Reports suggest that according to country's constitution, Maduro needed to deliver the speech in the national assembly, but decided to snub opponents. "This confirms that Maduro is acting outside the constitution," the new opposition speaker of the assembly Julio Borges told reporters. However, the president defended his stand and said that he remained "committed to dialogue and to harmonious, balanced, constitutional solutions. More…

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