Internationalist 360°, February 2nd 2019
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On Saturday, president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, supported the proposal of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC) to convene parliamentary elections this year and thus solve the situation within the Legislative Branch, which has been in contempt since 2016.
“The National Constituent Assembly has in its agenda the evaluation to call for an advance of parliamentary elections this year. I agree that the Legislative Power of the country should be relegitimated, and that it should be the people who decide,” said the head of state from Bolívar Avenue in Caracas, where the Venezuelan people celebrate the first 20 years of the Bolivarian Revolution.
On January 21, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) declared null and void the directive of the National Assembly in contempt, sworn in on January 5 of this year and unconstitutional all its acts.
In this sense, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice emphasized that the National Assembly does not have a valid Board of Directors, incurring the “irrational Board of Directors” elected on January 5, 2019 (as well as the “designated” unconstitutionally during the years 2017 and 2018), in usurpation of authority, for which all their acts are null, in accordance with the provisions of Article 138 of the Constitution.
“How long are they going to hurt the country?” Enough of all the damage they’ve done to our country!” Maduro said.
The president of Venezuela gave a speech before a crowd in the center of Caracas from the main platform of Bolivar Avenue as Venezuela marked the 20th anniversary of the start of the Bolivarian Revolution and the swearing-in of late President Hugo Chavez.
“How long are they going to hurt the country?” Enough of all the damage they’ve done to our country!” said the Bolivarian leader and invited the opposition to reflect and invited them to abandon the path of interventionism.
“Stop calling the war, stop calling for military intervention, stop supporting a coup that has failed, failed and was not realized, here the revolution is ruling, and we will continue to govern,” he added.
The president also called for parliamentary elections in order to restore the legislative power, currently in contempt since 2016.
In matters of military defense of the country Maduro said: “Let it be known that this Bolivarian movement is a deeply rooted force, with a defined and democratic country project, with a people, with the civic-military union. We are a united and powerful force.”
He went on to insist that the only path forward is peace and dialogue with the opposition in order to overcome te current political standoff. “Leave the path of Yankee interventionism, stop calling the war, stop supporting a coup that has already failed. The coup failed and they (United States) do not realize it,” he said addressing the right-wing opposition.
“It is time to look for solutions through work, the national union, the productive effort of the whole country. We are not beggars of anyone. Everything we need, we must and can do it in Venezuela.”