Bypassing congress, Maduro decrees Venezuela budget

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo7! News

Caracas (AFP) - President Nicolas Maduro issued the government's 2017 budget by decree Friday, bypassing the opposition-held legislature in a move that could deepen Venezuela's economic crisis.

"Here is the 2017 budget and debt law. May it be fulfilled. I ask for the support of the people, the military and the street," Maduro said at a signing ceremony in Caracas attended by hundreds of supporters.

The move came a day after Venezuela's Supreme Court -- which the opposition accuses of backing Maduro -- ruled the leftist leader did not have to submit his budget to the National Assembly, despite a constitutional requirement to do so.

The court said the ruling aimed to "maintain the functioning of the state, the guarantee of fundamental rights and constitutional order."

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[Archae]

1. Very few details in the story.

[Igel]

2. Don't need a whole lot of details.

If no budget can be passed and approved, then it's a problem that both sides get the blame for.

But saying, "I'm a democrat and a strong leader, so I'll turn to 'the people' and not what a majority of the population voted for because 'the people' on the supreme court say I can" is democratic (tm) but not democratic (per dictionary and common usage).

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3. he's a lot like Trump nt

[brooklynite]

4. Worked for Brezhnev