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March 16th, 2015 
David Schulberg
According to Press TV, in a National Assembly session on Sunday, lawmakers voted in favor of the “anti-imperialist” Enabling Law, which allows Maduro to pass laws without legislative approval until the end of the year in an attempt to defend the South American country against US meddling.
Speaker Diosdado Cabello said “This Assembly declares this law approved,” adding “We are going to head over there in front of Miraflores Presidential Palace to deliver the law to the people and comrade Nicolas Maduro.”
The ruling Socialist party lawmakers believe that the legislation is a legitimate response to US inference in Venezuela.
The opposition legislators, however, accuse Maduro of exploiting the diplomatic standoff between Caracas and Washington to amass powers and distract people from economic problems.
Supporters of the Venezuelan president took part in a demonstration in the capital city of Caracas on Sunday after the 52-year-old former union activist received the decree powers law.
It was the second time that Maduro was granted special decree powers during his two-year rule.
ME
Source Article from http://english.irib.ir/news/world/latin-america/item/206328-venezuelan-parliament-approves-decree-powers-for-president
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