12 February 2016: Venezuelan Parliament seeks to oust President
The struggle for power continues in Venezuela as the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) stated it seeks to oust current President Nicolás Maduro. The MUD currently dominates the Parliament following earlier Parliamentary Elections in December 2015. Maduro however is continuing his rule by decree after declaring emergency powers earlier in January, something which was not approved by Parliament, but got overruled later by the Supreme Court of Venezuela. The court is composed of members appointed by the current President and former President Hugo Chavez. It did not agree to install several representatives of the MUD before to prevent it having a two-third majority. An impeachment of the President could be asked in a Referendum from April 2016 onwards, 3 years after the installment of the President. 4 million signatures would be needed for this.
