The Venezuelan Supreme Court dealt the Government two important setbacks in the last two days. Yesterday, the Court ruled that two articles of the controversial Land Bill were unconstitutional. The first article number 89, gave the Government the possibility of intervening private lands that were not in use. The Court said this was unconstitutional. The Court also ruled that Art. 90 was not Constitutional, the article banned invaders of public lands from receving any compensantion for property built in those lands or crops lost.
The second decision was the order to cancel the discharge of General Perez Rojas who was discharged after the Ministry of Defense held an “investigative council” to discharge him. The Court held that the Constitution establishes that no high ranking military officer may be tried without a pre-trial by the Court itslef to determine if there are grounds for dismissal.
The most awaited case, the one relating to the injunction agaisnt the intervention of the Metropolitan Police was not decided on today. The Government did get a reprieve in that the general strike was postponed for a week.
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