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Related: About this forumVenezuela Top Court Bars 4 Lawmakers From Taking Office
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/venezuela-top-court-bars-lawmakers-taking-office-36020857The Supreme Court on Wednesday barred four incoming lawmakers from taking office, putting at risk the opposition's newly won two-thirds legislative "super-majority."
Responding to a legal challenge filed by supporters of the ruling socialist party, the Supreme Court blocked the four lawmakers from being taking their seats when the new National Assembly convenes Tuesday.
The ruling affects three opposition lawmakers and one socialist deputy, all from the sparsely populated state of Amazonas. The court will also consider challenges to a handful of other lawmakers, but has so far stopped short of barring those representatives from taking office.
The opposition won a landslide victory in Dec. 6 legislative elections, taking control of congress for the first time in more than a decade. The coalition captured 112 of 167 seats, giving it by one seat a two-thirds majority that would allow it to rein in socialist President Nicolas Maduro. It would be able to censure top officials and rewrite basic laws and could open the door to recalling Maduro or even rewriting the constitution.
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Venezuela Top Court Bars 4 Lawmakers From Taking Office (Original Post)
Bacchus4.0
Dec 2015
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GGJohn
(9,951 posts)1. Gee, who didn't see this coming?
Maduro is now a full fledged dictator who is getting his toadies on the top court to do his bidding.
I hope the people take to the streets and demand that the fairly elected reps be allowed to take their legitimate seats and give a big fuck you to Maduro.
FBaggins
(26,746 posts)2. So much for democracy, eh?
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)3. Any comment from the chavistas on this one?
I heard, from them, that Venezuela had the best voting system in the world. Not sure how there could be this level of supposed fraud.
Marksman_91
(2,035 posts)4. Chavistas defend democracy only when it benefits their party
Other than that, though, it's merely a nuisance.