Opposition MPs Resume Debate on Impeaching Nicolas Maduro

Opposition MPs Resume Debate on Impeaching Nicolas Maduro
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2 November 2016
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The fractured right-wing coalition wants to impeach President Maduro over his alleged “political responsibility” for violating the constitution.

The Venezuelan opposition-controlled National Assembly said on Tuesday they will resume the discussion to open an impeachment trial against President Nicolas Maduro in order to create “a new government.”

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"We are struggling to regain our right to vote and to get out of this crisis and bring a new government, that is our goal," Jesus Torrealba, executive secretary of the the broad opposition coalition known as MUD, told AP.  

The fractured coalition wants to impeach President Maduro over his alleged “political responsibility” into violations of the constitution, human rights and democracy, dismissing the dialogue that the government is having with the opposition and calling on people to demonstrate on the streets.

"Dialogue is nothing but a space, a scene for our fight, so the session is meant to discuss the possible responsibility of the president, who may not have fulfilled his constitutional duties," Torrealba said.

However, the process is merely symbolic, as the legislative body has no power to remove the president, according to the constitution.

Venezuela is facing a serious political and economic crisis prompted by a historic drop in the price of oil, which has dramatically reduced the OPEC member states' finances, accompanied by an intense campaign against the country's elected government by opponents both internal and external.

Maduro met Monday at the Miraflores Palace with international visitors to track the process of dialogue with the opposition that has already begun

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