Opposition-led Venezuela congress plans to bring President Maduro to trial

‘Venezuela’s National Assembly has vowed to prosecute Nicolas Maduro for what it described as “violating democracy” after electoral officials suspended a recall referendum campaign that opposition parties had mounted against the South American country’s leader.
“It is a political and legal trial against President Nicolas Maduro to see what responsibility he has in the constitutional rupture that has broken democracy, human rights, and the future of the country,” opposition lawmaker Julio Borges said during a special congressional session on Sunday.
The National Electoral Council announced in a statement late on October 20 that it was putting a stop to the opposition-driven plebiscite against 53-year-old Maduro after four state courts called the signature-gathering process fraudulent.’
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