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Venezuela's Parliament successfully votes to defy President's state of emergency
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-18/venezuela-parliament-votes-to-defy-state-of-emergency-decree/7425114Venezuela's opposition has urged the public to defy a state of emergency that President Nicolas Maduro decreed over a nation sapped by food shortages and a collapsing economy.
Key points:
•Opposition-controlled parliament rejects the President's state of emergency decree
•The opposition leader asks army: are you "with the constitution or with Maduro"
•Polls show 70 per cent of the population wants a new government
The opposition-controlled National Assembly rejected the decree in a vote, saying it "deepens the severe disruption of constitutional and democratic order that Venezuela is suffering through".
But the Supreme Court may overrule that, as it has done with other congressional decisions.
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles also said before the vote that the army must decide whether it is "with the constitution or with Maduro".
