Maduro had to stop that, and his first
step was to have the Supreme Court, which is packed with Chávez and Maduro
appointees, strip the National Assembly of all its powers and take them for
itself. This is what triggered the daily anti-government demonstrations that
began in early April. The Supreme Court’s action was clearly unconstitutional,
and after three days that also saw protests from members of his own party,
Maduro ordered the judges to backtrack on their decree. But the protesters,
with the bit between their teeth, stayed out in the street. Despite 70 dead in
the past three months, they are still there today. So Maduro, desperate to
sideline the National Assembly, then came up with the idea of rewriting the
constitution. There was no referendum to test popular support for this idea,
and the people in the "constituent assembly" are being chosen
according to rules set by the Maduro government. More…
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