Venezuela parliament says achieves ‘supermajority’ to oust Maduro

‘Venezuela’s opposition-controlled parliament says it now has the necessary power to legally oust President Nicolas Maduro after the three barred anti-government lawmakers were sworn in in defiance of the country’s president and the Supreme Court.

Newly-elected National Assembly Speaker Henry Ramos Allup made the remarks on the first regular legislative session on Wednesday, when the three boosted the number of the opposition seats to 112 out of the total 167 to narrowly pass the threshold for a supermajority in the legislative body. The three opposition members, along with a pro-government lawmaker, had been suspended due to electoral irregularities.

Socialist lawmakers denounce the National Assembly’s decision to swear in the three lawmakers and ignore the injunction by the Supreme Court, saying it had violated the constitution. “This assembly has totally lost its legitimacy,” they said.’

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