Venezuela: Chavismo Seizes Parliament and Appoints New Leadership,
Toppling Guaidó
Luis Parra was sworn in as president of the National Assembly with
the votes from the Chavista party, more than twenty votes from
supposed independent opponents, and some dissidents
Venezuelan opposition legislators were persecuted, harassed, and stopped
from reaching the parliament for the appointment of the Assembly
Directorial Board for 2020. Further, Chavismo illegally swore in,
without a quorum and without the presence of the Assembly Directorial
Board members headed by Juan Guaidó, a new Board presided over by
legislator Luis Parra, who was recently involved in a corruption scandal.
On January 5, the Directorial Board of the Venezuelan National Assembly
was supposed to be renewed, and the unanimous expectation of the main opposition parties was the ratification, in session, of Juan Guaidó as president of the parliament and, consequently, of the interim
government. However, the security forces of Nicolás Maduro’s regime
hindered the attendance of the deputies. While Guaidó was trying to get
into the Assembly, the legislative branch was hijacked.
Read more
https://panampost.com/orlando-avendano/2020/01/05/venezuela-chavismo-seizes-parliament-and-appoints-new-leadership-toppling-guaido/
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