Venezuelan President and Sympathetic Supreme Court Shut National Legislature Out of the Budget Process

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President Nicolás Maduro, in alliance with the Venezuelan Supreme Court, passed the country’s Budget for 2017 without going through the opposition-controlled Asamblea Nacional. The maneuver was declared unconstitutional by opposition lawmakers as tempers continue to flare over the administration’s stalling tactics toward the recall referendum.  Though the opposition launched its recall campaign months ago, Venezuela’s electoral authorities have ruled that the vote cannot take place in 2016. After January 2017, if Maduro loses, it will not trigger a new general election, and power will pass to his vice-president.

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