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09-07-2009, 04:10 PM
With many expectations about changes and amendments, this Wednesday the Constitutional Revisory Assembly begins the second reading of the 255-article Constitution bill submitted by the Executive Branch. A large number of changes were made to the bill in the first reading.
Assembly president Reinaldo Pared Perez told Diario Libre they would pass the articles on which there is consensus first, and leave the controversial issues for last. Two of the most debated articles focus on the right to life, strongly defended by the Catholic Church, and the creation of a new constitution court, strongly opposed by the Supreme Court of Justice.
To a lesser degree, the other controversial issues deal with nationality and presidential re-election, the increase in the number of legislators in the Chamber of Deputies and the refusal of the legislators to give details on the use of additional funds provided to them.
In Wednesday's session, Assembly vice president Julio Cesar Valentin will establish the issues that will be submitted in blocks, groups, chapters and titles and not article-by-article as was done in the first reading.
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Assembly president Reinaldo Pared Perez told Diario Libre they would pass the articles on which there is consensus first, and leave the controversial issues for last. Two of the most debated articles focus on the right to life, strongly defended by the Catholic Church, and the creation of a new constitution court, strongly opposed by the Supreme Court of Justice.
To a lesser degree, the other controversial issues deal with nationality and presidential re-election, the increase in the number of legislators in the Chamber of Deputies and the refusal of the legislators to give details on the use of additional funds provided to them.
In Wednesday's session, Assembly vice president Julio Cesar Valentin will establish the issues that will be submitted in blocks, groups, chapters and titles and not article-by-article as was done in the first reading.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)