President Diosdado Cabello.<br />Photo: LaPrensa
Venezuela’s controversial Constituent Assembly could extend its term for up to four years, its government loyalist president Diosdado Cabello said on Monday.
The controversial body, dominated by allies of President Nicolas Maduro, was created a year ago to supplant the opposition-controlled National Assembly, amidst deadly civilian protests.
It is a superagency body with authority above all other government branches. Although it was expected to function for two years — ending in August 2019 — it has the authority to extend its own term indefinitely.
Maduro loyalist Cabello told a gathering in Caracas that the assembly, which was given the power to rewrite the constitution, could be given between one and four more years…
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