Venezuela's Maduro recall referendum drive suspended
Source: BBC
Venezuela's electoral council has suspended the opposition's campaign to hold a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro.
The council said that courts in several states had reported fraud in the campaign's preliminary petition.
The opposition, which planned to secure the required signatures for the vote next week, condemned the move, saying it would escalate the crisis.
Eight opposition heads have reportedly been barred from leaving the country.
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"In adherence to the constitution, the National Electoral Council abides by the decisions ordered by the tribunals and has sent instructions to postpone the process of signature gathering until new judicial instructions are known," the council said in a statement...
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37724322
Those tribunals are controlled by the Chavista regime. Many of them are filled with judges and attorneys who are either bought off or good buddies with the Chavista leaders. This is a desperate and elaborate and ANTI-CONSTITUTIONAL measure taken by the narcs of the PSUV party to keep any more elections in Venezuela from happening because they know they are a lost cause. Wonder if any more useful idiots in this site are gonna defend the fact that Venezuela has now officially become a neo-dictatorship.
