Enabling law in Venezuela

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The Enabling law in Venezuela was created as article 203 of the 1999 constitution. [1] Through this law, the National Assembly gives the president its main power - which is to pass laws, for a period of no more than 180 days. This period was later lengthened. [2] The current Enabling law has been granted to Hugo Chávez (2000, 2007, 2010) [3] [4] and to Nicolás Maduro (2013, 2015). [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela". Justia Venezuela . Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  2. «Hugo Chávez had a special law and three enabling laws and Maduro, two, and with them they created a tangle, a terrible legislative framework with which they have destroyed the country under legal guise» "El crimen con las leyes habilitantes". El Nacional . Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. "Esta es la Gaceta Oficial donde se publicó la primera Ley Habilitante solicitada en 1999 por Chávez". Noticias 24 / Venezuela. November 14, 2013. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  4. "Rule by decree passed for Chavez". BBC News . January 19, 2007. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  5. "PSUV aprueba Ley Habilitante con voto de Carlos Flores". El Nacional. November 14, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  6. "Venezuela: President Maduro granted power to govern by decree". BBC News. March 16, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2022.