Venezuela's opposition lawmakers said on Sunday they will push for the removal of Supreme Court judges whom they accuse of acting on behalf of the ruling Socialists after the top tribunal briefly assumed control of congress last week. The Supreme Court's ruling last week that it would take over functions of the National Assembly triggered international condemnation and opposition protests at home. On Saturday, at the request of the government, the Supreme Court eliminated the offending ruling. But Maduro opponents said no one should believe that row- back meant democracy had been restored in the nation of 30 million people with the world's largest oil reserves. "Despite a supposed retraction by the government after creating a coup d'etat, and apart from the clarification by the Supreme Court, the coup persists," lawmaker Juan Matheus said on behalf of the opposition.

Source: Egypt Independent April 03, 2017 09:00 UTC