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Top Venezuela official (Attorney General) breaks with government, protests mount
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Fri Mar 31, 2017 | 2:17pm EDT
Top Venezuela official breaks with government, protests mount
By Andrew Cawthorne and Girish Gupta | CARACAS
Venezuela's powerful attorney general on Friday broke ranks with President Nicolas Maduro's government after the judiciary annulled congress, a rare show of internal dissent as protests and international condemnation grew.
Luisa Ortega, appointed attorney general in 2007 and a staunch ally of the Socialists who have ruled for the last 18 years, rebuked the Supreme Court's controversial move to take over the opposition-led National Assembly's functions.
"It constitutes a rupture of the constitutional order," the 59-year-old said in a speech. "It's my obligation to express my great concern to the country."
While various prominent political figures have leveled criticism after leaving the government, it is extremely rare for a senior Venezuelan official to criticize like this.
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Top Venezuela official breaks with government, protests mount
By Andrew Cawthorne and Girish Gupta | CARACAS
Venezuela's powerful attorney general on Friday broke ranks with President Nicolas Maduro's government after the judiciary annulled congress, a rare show of internal dissent as protests and international condemnation grew.
Luisa Ortega, appointed attorney general in 2007 and a staunch ally of the Socialists who have ruled for the last 18 years, rebuked the Supreme Court's controversial move to take over the opposition-led National Assembly's functions.
"It constitutes a rupture of the constitutional order," the 59-year-old said in a speech. "It's my obligation to express my great concern to the country."
While various prominent political figures have leveled criticism after leaving the government, it is extremely rare for a senior Venezuelan official to criticize like this.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKBN1721P8
