Venezuela’s attorney general condemns ‘violations’ of constitution

‘Venezuela’s attorney general has publicly criticized the country’s Supreme Court following its removal of the immunity of lawmakers and seizing the legislative powers of the parliament after ruling that the legislature was in contempt.
Luisa Ortega said on Friday that taking over the legislative functions of the National Assembly and lawmakers’ immunity was against “constitutional order”.
Ortega is the first high-level judiciary official to openly criticize the court ruling that effectively stripped the opposition-majority legislature of its legal powers.
The rulings “show evidence of various violations of the constitutional order and ignorance of the state model established in our constitution,” Ortega said live on state television at an event to mark the release of her 2016 annual report.’
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