![]() ![]() Journalist Eugenio Martinez reminded his followers that the majority of the newly appointed judges did not meet the requirements for the position.Ģ1 de los 32 magistrados del TSJ no cumplen con los requisitosĬonstitucionales y legales para ocupar estos cargos #EnNúmerosĢ1 of the 32 judges of the Supreme Court of Justice did not fulfill the constitutional and legal requisites to take up these positions #InNumbersīefore assuming their new roles, several of the judges in the highest tribunal of the land were previously members of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela. Just before the opposition assumed control of the National Assembly on January 6, 2015, the outgoing chavista legislators managed to change the judges of the Supreme Court of Justice. The parliamentary annulment was the latest in a series of restrictions that have limited the powers of the National Assembly since Venezuela's political opposition won two-thirds of the seats in the December 2015 elections. The National Assembly's ever-shrinking powers State television cut off the broadcast while she was making her announcement. Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega has since declared that the annulment of the National Assembly was unconstitutional, going head to head with the government. The situation continues to rapidly evolve. I would say that the coup d'état is what the opposition is asking for. Yo diría que el golpe de estado es lo que está pidiendo la oposición. Others, like Spanish journalist Antonio Maestre, accused the Venezuelan opposition of demanding a coup: ![]() I denounce the self-inflicted coup d’état perpetrated by the Venezuelan regime against National Assembly #Venezuela Venezuela seemed to be holding its breath expectantly at what will happen after the Supreme Court of Justice assumed the role of the National Assembly and permitted President Nicolas Maduro to take over some of the functions of the legislature.įor the outpouring of voices online who made the issue a worldwide trending topic, what happened is nothing short of a self-inflicted coup d'état, the final step in the progression of authoritarianism stemming from the last few years of political and institutional crises in Venezuela. In fact, that is exactly how Luis Almagro, secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), described it: A cartoon of the National Assembly of Venezuela, by Eduardo Sanabria. ![]()
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