Venezuelan Parliament declared the humanitarian crisis in the country
MEXICO city, Mar 15 — RIA Novosti. The opposition the Venezuelan national Assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution on the humanitarian crisis in the country and approved the establishment of a Commission to investigate the problems with food supply.
According to the head of Parliament Julio Borges, the government is trying to hide the real catastrophic situation in which the Venezuelans.
“It would be logical that the government declared a state of emergency in the humanitarian sphere, but it tries to hide the truth and destroy production”, — quotes the portal words of Borges Nacional.
The head of the national Assembly stated that the Parliament calls on the authorities to open a special humanitarian channel through which a country can receive foreign aid, for solving the problems of poverty, hunger, and poverty in Venezuela.
It already the second case when the Parliament declares a state of emergency in the humanitarian sphere. The first time it was announced in February 2016, and then, in April, the majority of opposition of the Parliament voted for resignation of the Minister of food Rodolfo Marco Torres, blaming him for acute food shortages.
The crisis in Venezuela worsened after the start of opposition of the Parliament, there is no working relationship between the legislative and Executive authorities are now no
President Nicolas Maduro earlier accused the opposition of trying to “parliamentary coup” and the Parliament, in turn, has alleged a violation of the Constitution by the head of state. In early January, opposition Parliament recognized Maduro absent at his post, but the Supreme court decided that all the recent decisions of the Assembly are negligible.
In Venezuela there is shortage of some goods on the background of the galloping inflation and falling government revenues due to lower oil prices, as well as the institutional crisis between the Executive and legislative branches of government.