Venezuela

Parliament is Supreme judge in Venezuela

In Venezuela, the dispute between Parliament and the socialist government under President Maduro is intensifying. The Parliament took several judges of the Supreme court who owe their office to the socialists.

In the national Assembly of Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduroa has no longer a majority

With the voices of the opposition majority in the national Assembly decided in the capital, Caracas, the deposition of 13 senior judges and 21 alternate members. The newspaper “El Universal” reported in its Online edition. The judges were only at the end of last December, appointed as the socialists still dominated the Parliament, although the conservative Opposition had won in the elections of early December, a clear majority.

Opposition: judicial appointments was unconstitutional

The former judge’s appointment was “unconstitutional”, said Carlos Berrizbeitia, from the opposition Alliance MUD in the parliamentary debate. In addition, three of the selected lawyers were the only supporters of the socialists, but not for the office qualified. The Deputy Edwin Rojas of the ruling party PSUV accused the Opposition due to the vote against the judge’s “abuse of power”.

However, opposition politicians criticized that the Supreme court judgments in the case of controversial issues, mostly in the sense of President Nicolás Maduro. On several occasions, the Supreme court blocked in the past few months, legislative initiatives and reform projects to the Parliament, among other things, an Amnesty law for imprisoned members of the opposition and a shortening of the term of office of the President. The Opposition is pushing ahead with a dismissal referendum, Maduro from office prematurely, the remove.

Political stalemate cripples Venezuela

The political stalemate between the Opposition and the government exacerbated the economic crisis and the dramatic supply crisis in the oil-rich South American country. Only on Wednesday extended Maduro the economic state of emergency for a further 60 days. He justified this step with an “economic war” on the part of entrepreneurs and countries such as the USA and Spain.

ww/kle (epd, efe, el universal.com)