Reply With QuoteChoppedLiver (12-31-2015)
911 EVERY DAY
No supermajority! Venezuala supreme court blocks 4 rightists from taking seats!
http://abcnews.go.com/International/...-coup-36027735
Venezuela Opposition: Court Blocking of 4 Lawmakers a 'Coup'
Venezuela's opposition is calling a Supreme Court decision that bars four recently-elected lawmakers from taking their seats in the National Assembly part of a "judicial coup" and has vowed to uphold the voters' will when a new session starts next week.
The high court released a decision late Wednesday suspending the inauguration of four of the lawmakers declared winners after the opposition swept Dec. 6 legislative elections. Three are anti-government and one is a member of the ruling socialist party. The ruling comes in response to a challenge filed by supporters of the socialist party. The court did not explain the legal justification behind its decision.
The ruling could undermine the opposition's newly won two-thirds legislative "super-majority" and limit its power.
Opposition leaders are pledging that the barred lawmakers will attend the first session of the new congress on Jan. 5. Lawmaker Julio Borges, one of two favorites to be the next assembly president, said President Nicolas Maduro could not be allowed to overturn the will of the people.
"The National Assembly represents the sovereignty of the people, and the president is trying to violate that using a biased court," he wrote on Twitter. "On Jan. 5, we will swear in the National Assembly and preserve that sovereignty as the Venezuelan people and international observers look on."
The opposition won a landslide victory earlier this month, taking control of congress for the first time in more than a decade. The coalition captured 112 of 167 seats, giving it a crucial two-thirds majority by one seat. That super-majority would allow government critics to censure top officials and could open the door to recalling Maduro or even rewriting the constitution.
Opposition coalition spokesman Jesus Torrealba released an open letter Wednesday asking international bodies including the United Nations and the European Union to help stop the government from stealing back control of the legislature.
"The country, the region and the world face a judicial coup d'état attempt against the decision the Venezuelan people made at the ballot box," he wrote.
The ruling has not provoked popular unrest in the middle of weeks-long winter vacations. In Caracas, the streets were unusually empty, save for groups of people launching fireworks and drinking rum in anticipation of the new year.
But Tuesday's swearing in ceremony could be a tinderbox. Government supporters have promised to rally outside the National Assembly, and the opposition is calling for government critics to join all 112 elected deputies in a march to the building.
The hardline members of the opposition who led a wave of bloody 2014 street protests are calling for a show of force.
"The best response to this moribund regime is to show in the streets how many of us there are on Jan. 5," opposition leader Freddy Guevara said.
"Do not think that I came to bring peace... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." - Matthew 10:34
ChoppedLiver (12-31-2015)
911 EVERY DAY
"Do not think that I came to bring peace... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." - Matthew 10:34
ChoppedLiver (12-31-2015)
It's Just Boris!
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Here's your official flag, Boslhevik scumbag.
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Oh, and here's your one finger salute, Underwear Bomber Star. You can go fuck yourself and your Communism, asshole.
Callinectes (12-31-2015), ChoppedLiver (12-31-2015), FUCK THE POLICE (12-31-2015)
Proud MAGA Semi-Facist
Originally Posted by Underworld King Star
YES!! That fucked up country is doing SOOOOO well under that communist ass clown!! The will of the Venezuelan voters just HAD to be crushed!!
“The Communist party must control the guns.”
― Mao Tse-tung
“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.”-Generally attributed to Uncle Joe Stalin
“Everything under heaven is in utter choas; the situation is excellent.”
― mao tse-tung
ChoppedLiver (12-31-2015)
Practically Perfect
When did the SCOTUS start hearing Venezuela's highest cases?
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
Banned
Gawd damn!, you are dumb as shit.
You and waterfag make a good couple.
Practically Perfect
Turn on your sarcasm detector, faggot!
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
911 EVERY DAY
"Do not think that I came to bring peace... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." - Matthew 10:34
ChoppedLiver (12-31-2015)
Minister of Truth (12-31-2015)
Practically Perfect
That troll is going to be crying in about five minutes, when he realizes that he turned his lifeline into a blazing fire.
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
Banned
Did your mommy and daddy catch on fire?That troll is going to be crying in about five minutes, when he realizes that he turned his lifeline into a blazing fire.
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