Venezuela's high court moves to expand power as opposition fears dictatorship

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March 30, 2017 at 07:59PM

President Nicolás Maduro ‘is now the national assembly’, says assembly’s leader after court rules it can assume congressional duties

Venezuela’s supreme court has ruled that it can take over responsibilities assigned to congress in what opponents of President Nicolás Maduro say is part of an attempt to install a dictatorship in the South American country.

In a decision late Wednesday night, the magistrates said that as long as lawmakers remain in contempt of past court rulings nullifying all legislation coming out of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, the high court can assume congressional duties itself. The court’s decisions have consistently backed the government.

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