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.