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Venezuela: three opposition lawmakers resign in concession to Maduro
Source: Reuters
Venezuela: three opposition lawmakers resign in concession to Maduro
Reuters in Caracas
Wednesday 16 November 2016 01.08 GMT
Three opposition lawmakers at the centre of a dispute between Venezuela’s congress and its top court stepped down on Tuesday following an agreement meant to ease a political standoff between the opposition and President Nicolás Maduro.
Julio Ygarza, Nirma Guarulla and Romel Guzamana submitted their resignations in writing to congress on Tuesday.
The lawmakers – two from the Amazonas jungle state and one who represents indigenous groups – were key to handing the opposition a super-majority in December 2015’s legislative elections.
But in January a supreme court order banned them on allegations of fraud.
The National Assembly defied the government by reinstating them in July, leading authorities to declare congress illegitimate and setting up a power clash with Maduro’s socialist administration.
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Reuters in Caracas
Wednesday 16 November 2016 01.08 GMT
Three opposition lawmakers at the centre of a dispute between Venezuela’s congress and its top court stepped down on Tuesday following an agreement meant to ease a political standoff between the opposition and President Nicolás Maduro.
Julio Ygarza, Nirma Guarulla and Romel Guzamana submitted their resignations in writing to congress on Tuesday.
The lawmakers – two from the Amazonas jungle state and one who represents indigenous groups – were key to handing the opposition a super-majority in December 2015’s legislative elections.
But in January a supreme court order banned them on allegations of fraud.
The National Assembly defied the government by reinstating them in July, leading authorities to declare congress illegitimate and setting up a power clash with Maduro’s socialist administration.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/16/venezuela-three-opposition-lawmakers-resign-in-concession-to-maduro
