No quorum for Assembly election

January 6, 2003

The National Assembly was not able to elect its leadership for the year 2003 due to a lack of quorum. There are two theories floating around. One, not all members of Chavez’ MVR party agree with the new leaders “chosen” and thus refused to go. The second theory is that some Deputies who have voted for Chavez’ MVR in the past are ready to negotiate with the opposition and elect an alternate group to lead the Assembly. Interesting….

This entry was posted on January 6, 2003 at 3:35 pm and is filed under Venezuela.

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