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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 05 May 2017
VENEZUELA: Maduro seeks constituent assembly to save skin
Under Article 347 of the 1999 Constitution, “the original constituent power rests with the people of Venezuela. This power may be exercised by calling a National Constituent Assembly for the purpose of transforming the State, creating a new juridical order and drawing up a new Constitution”. On 1 May, President Nicolás Maduro announced that he was convening such an assembly. “When the constitution that they themselves wrote no longer serves them to hold onto power, they throw it out,” tweeted opposition activist María Corina Machado in response.
