Legislative leader declares interim president of Venezuela

Juan Guaidó, 35, president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, with the majority of the opposition, declared "in contempt" by the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro, was declared this Friday (11) at the United Nations Caracas, interim president of Venezuela.

Guaidó is based on sections 233, 333 and 350 of the Charter. 233 guarantees the dismissal of the shift chairman in the event of a finding of physical or mental incapacity. 333, that the Constitution guarantees "to every citizen, invested or not with authority, to collaborate to restore the respect of the Charter". Guaidó considers that this is the case, as the Constitution would have been ignored during the election and possession considered illegitimate by Maduro.

Article 350 authorizes that "a regime, legislation or authority contrary to democratic values, principles and safeguards be violated or violated [la loi] human rights". According to the president of the Assembly, the three cases apply to the case of Maduro.

"No one doubts that Maduro is a usurper, thanks to articles 233, 333 and 350, we call on the population to support us during a protest on 23 January." The idea of ​​Guaidó is, once in power, to call general elections.

"We also call on the armed forces and the international community to support us in complying with these articles," he said.

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He made a special mention of the officers of the armed forces who do not agree with the government – many of them face persecution, torture or even arrests, according to a recent Human Rights Watch report with the NGO Penal Forum.

"For this military family who wants change, who wants the same thing as us, we are launching a new call, here is the legitimate National Assembly that badumes its responsibilities and will badume power."

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Uruguayan Luis Almagro, said that he supported the takeover of power by Juan Guaidó, whom he considers as legitimate through the aforementioned articles of the Constitution.

In a statement, the OAS states that Guaidó "belongs to a generation of young people who have maintained their consistency in the struggle for fundamental freedoms and democracy in Brazil"

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Demonstrations

On Friday (11), a large crowd blocked an important avenue in the east of Caracas to protest the oath of President Nicolas Maduro.

A thousand or so people gathered to hear Juan Guaidó, president of the National Assembly, aged 35. The AN is the only authority still controlled by the opposition in the country and Maduro left it virtually unimportant when she created the all-powerful Constituent Assembly composed only of allies in 2017. The protesters shouted "Guaidó to the presidency!" and waved posters with their faces. Maduro displaying the word "tyrant" “/>