Venezuelan opposition: Venezuelan Supreme Court strikes down amnesty law

Venezuelan politics now seems reduced to a stalemate in which the opposition passes laws in parliament and the executive branch blocks anything that undermines its political power.
The National Electoral Council, which is also controlled by government supporters, rejected a petition for recall referendum filed by the opposition umbrella group, the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD).
In a widely expected decision, Venezuela’s Supreme Court has struck down an Amnesty and Reconciliation Law two weeks after the country’s opposition-controlled parliament passed the bill.
The Constitutional Court, stacked with supporters of Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez, is now, to all intents and purposes, a government tool to block the opposition.
Venezuelan politics now seems reduced to a stalemate between government and oppositionThe opposition suffered another blow last week.

Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/04/12/inenglish/1460468134_737690.html