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GatoGordo

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Fri Jul 28, 2017, 12:11 PM Jul 2017

Venezuelan Interior Minister Nestor Reverol suspends Constitutional rights [View all]

"Interior minister Néstor Reverol offered on Thursday a balance for Plan República and, as part of security actions, he banned all public assemblies and protests nationwide, “or any other similar action that could disturb the electoral process” from this Friday until Tuesday, August 1st, claiming that anyone who disturbs the electoral process will be sentenced with five to ten years in prison.

The only thing is that according to the Constitution, the exercise of constitutional rights or guarantees can’t ever be suspended..."

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https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2017/07/28/nicolas-didnt-stop/

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