Maduro announced the holding of a referendum on a new Constitution of Venezuela
Elections to a Constitutional Assembly scheduled for the end of July this year.
MEXICO city, June 2. /Offset. TASS Ivan valueK/. The draft of the new Constitution of Venezuela, which will be the result of the work of the Constitutional Assembly (CA) will be put to a referendum. This was stated by President Nicolas Maduro. Elections to CA planned for the end of July this year.
In may, Maduro announced that the new KA will “364 member selected on a territorial basis, eight from the Indian peoples.” The remaining 168 people choose on the lists of representatives of a number of “sectors”, including peasants, fishermen, workers, students, disabled, pensioners and entrepreneurs.
The decision of the President about convocation of KA have aggravated the political crisis in the country since the beginning of April is shaken by protests against the Executive.