Venezuela opposition won’t join bid to rewrite constitution

‘Venezuela’s opposition parties have refused to participate in a process called by President Nicolas Maduro to write a new constitution, instead planning more rallies to protest the plan.
The center-right Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) formally announced on Sunday that it would not be joining a “people’s” assembly, which is to convene at the presidential palace on Monday to write a new constitution.
“We cannot take part in a fraudulent process,” said MUD leader and former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles. “We have a constitution, and the government cannot repeal it by act of force.”
Maduro signed an executive order last week to form the assembly, saying that it would comprise “some 500 constituents,” who would be elected in a “direct and secret” vote.’
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