Wednesday, May 3, 2017
As president calls for new constitution, Venezuela veers once again toward political chaos
Already
reeling from massive antigovernment marches in recent weeks, Venezuela is bracing
for more demonstrations Wednesday as increasingly vocal activists protest the
surprise plan by President Nicolas Maduro to draft a new constitution.
Opposition leaders condemned the proposal as an antidemocratic move that will
only aggravate the country’s ongoing political crisis. In an announcement at a
May Day rally Monday, Maduro said he would seek to replace the constitution
pushed through in 2000 by his late predecessor, Hugo Chavez. The new document
would be drafted at an assembly consisting of 500 delegates, 250 of whom will
be selected from “communal” groups recognized by Maduro’s government, which
will likely assure his control over the final version, opponents said. More…
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