Venezuelan authorities called on the country’s Supreme Court to review its decision this week to annul the opposition-led congress, which critics have decried as a “coup” and a lurch to dictatorship.
President Nicolas Maduro said in a midnight address on state television that the conflict between the Supreme Court and National Assembly had been overcome, but gave no details.
Maduro, flanked by senior officials, introduced his Vice President Tareck El Aissami who said:
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“(We) urge the Supreme Court to review the decisions … in order to maintain institutional stability and the balance of powers.”
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