Maduro asks Venezuela high court to scrap opposition amnesty
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday he would ask the Supreme Court to strike down an amnesty law passed by opposition lawmakers to free those they describe as political prisoners.
The leftist leader, who is fighting off the ascendant opposition's bid to force him from power, told a crowd of thousands of red-clad supporters he had decided to ask the court to invalidate the "criminal" amnesty bill.
Maduro accused the opposition of trying to sow divisions by passing the bill, in a nationally televised speech punctuated by shouts of "Justice!" from supporters outside the presidential palace.
"If this law is approved, Venezuela will enter into a cycle of civil war. We cannot allow it. Division and hatred will not reign in Venezuela. For there to be peace, there must be justice," Maduro said.
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