CARACAS — Venezuela's opposition says it will not attend the swearing-in of Hugo Chavez's anointed successor Nicolas Maduro as interim president.
Opposition
spokesman Angel Medina says Maduro’s ascension is “a violation of the
constitutional order.” Critics believe Venezuela’s 1999 charter
stipulates that the speaker of the National Assembly take power in the
event of a presidential death.
Medina also voiced concern that
Friday night’s swearing-in ceremony is taking place at the same military
academy where Chavez is lying in state. He says it set a bad precedent
because the military should play no role in politics.
