Venezuela for Armoured
Constitution
The inclusion of issues
linked to the states of
exception in the
projected constitutional
reform represents a
constitutional shield to
any possible sign of
destabilization in the
country.
The proposed changes to
article 337 of the
Constitution establish
that in case the
president declares such
a situation, ó
constitutional
guarantees can be cut
temporarily. ó An action
of that kind would be
conditioned by ó
circumstances of social,
economic, political,
natural, or ecological
order endangering the
security of the country,
institutions, and the
people. ó Points
excluded from that
measure are the ones
linked to the right to
live, prohibition of
communication or
torture, due process
amid a state of
emergency, the inclusion
of the right to defense,
personal integrity, to
be tried by national
judges, and to sentences
no longer than 30 years.
In the change approved
during the parliamentary
debate and subject to
the December 2
referendum, the right to
information was left out
of the new constitution.
Such a transformation is
supported by the need to
ó armor ó the
Constitution in front of
situations attempting
against the country's
stability. |
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