“The strategy is to delay the referendum so as to sabotage the opposition and to perpetuate this government,” he said.
He added that the previous state of exception included decrees «to protect the people and the socioeconomic stability of the country.»
Jesús Torrealba, the secretary general of the opposition MUD grouping, accused the government of trying to hold onto power at any price.
The state of emergency gives more power to the military, further isolating Maduro.
Just hours after it imposed a 60-day state of emergency giving President Nicolás Maduro extra powers, Venezuela’s government has roundly rejected the opposition’s demands for a recall referendum.
Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/05/16/inenglish/1463391148_991071.html
