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Venezuelan Parliament for
Revolution
Venezuela premiered a new
Parliament this week fully made
up by partisans of President
Hugo Chavez, who said the
legislative body will play a
decisive role in the changes he
leads.
“Each barrier hindering the
Revolution´s progress should be
debunked by a law,” Chavez said
at his first meeting with the
167 deputies from the parties
integrating the Alliance for
Change.
The December 4 parliamentarian
elections were preceded by a
boycott attempt of opposition
parties that withdrew from the
process two days before to avoid
a resounding defeat.
Chavez illustrated the
restructuring of the Venezuelan
legal system with the
Hydrocarbons bill, which enabled
the reversion of a privatization
process in that sector.
The project includes a so-called
"street Parliament," based on a
direct link among deputies and
electors.
For the Venezuelan dignitary it
is important to prevent
corruption and other deviations
from reversing the process
started in 1999 with his
inauguration.
Chavez has been concerned since
the beginning with expansion of
official social missions that
embrace free health and
education systems, food
subsidies and creation of jobs,
among others.
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