Venezuela: Assembly Hands More Powers to President
By WILLIAM NEUMAN
The National Assembly on Tuesday voted to give President Nicolás Maduro decree powers for one year, which will allow him to create laws on his own, without going through the legislative process. The so-called special powers permit Mr. Maduro, a socialist, to make laws aimed at fighting corruption and regulating the economy, but critics say that in practice those areas are broad enough that there may be few limits over the reach of his decrees. Many Venezuelan presidents have been given similar decree powers, including Mr. Maduro’s predecesor and mentor, Hugo Chávez, who died in March. Mr. Maduro, who is grappling with runaway inflation and severe shortages of many basic goods, has said that he will quickly move to create a law widening price controls and capping business profits.
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