Venezuelan Assembly Installs Three Members Barred by High Court

[FLPanhandle]

Source: Wall Street Journal

CARACAS, Venezuela—This nation’s newly installed parliament swore in three opposition lawmakers Wednesday despite a Supreme Court order barring them, giving President Nicolás Maduro’s rivals dominant control of the legislature and eliciting rage from pro-government deputies.

National Assembly President Henry Ramos Allup read the oath of office to three deputies from the remote Venezuelan state of Amazonas during the legislature’s first official session after the bulk of its members were sworn in on Tuesday.

Mr. Ramos acted in the face of a recent court ruling saying the lawmakers couldn't be seated until a review of last month’s electoral results, which were challenged by the ruling United Socialist Party.

One of those sworn in on Wednesday, Romel Guzamana, an opposition deputy from Amazonas and a member of the region’s Baniva tribe, hailed the move even as it caused a furor among Mr. Maduro’s Socialist allies, who shouted in protest and declared the Assembly illegitimate.

Read more: http://www.wsj.com/articles/venezuelan-assembly-swears-in-opposition-lawmakers-despite-court-order-1452116299

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It'll be interesting now that the assembly has defied Maduro's attempt to keep the opposition from having a super majority.

[geek tragedy]

1. It's not like either side has a credible track record when it comes to respecting the rule of law

Just like neither side was competent at managing VZ's economy (both sides practice failed petronomics).

[MADem]

2. Even many Chavistas think Maduro is manuro. He's a thief. It's all coming undone.

He's mortgaged their futures to China. He's robbed the treasury blind. His cronies have so done, also. His nephews are in US FED custody for smuggling drugs through Haiti.

People are sick of this shit. He can't even bribe the very poor anymore.

Ya can't get blood out of a stone....

Cuba doesn't need Maduro quite so much anymore. He's their little puppet, but the more they leave him to twist in the wind, the better off they are in terms of relations with their largest immediate neighbor.