Five days
after the nation voted, the elected members of Venezuela's National
Constituent Assembly, ANC, have taken their seats. To celebrate their
swearing-in, thousands of supporters joined a march to the parliament
building in Caracas.
As the 545
elected members entered the Federal Legislative Palace in the
capital, supporters joined them holding paintings of independence
hero Simon Bolivar and former president Hugo Chavez, leader of the
Bolivarian Revolution.
Chavez's
successor, Nicolas Maduro, tweeted that nothing could stop the people
from creating a new history and pledged that they would be
victorious.
During the
ceremony, the former Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez was
unanimously elected as president of the body.
Former
Venezuelan vice presidents Aristobulo Isturiz and Isaias Rodriguez
were elected as first and second vice presidents of the body
respectively.
"The
same bourgeoisie that opposed Chavez's first National Constituent
Assembly are today trying to silence the voices of the people in
support of this one," Rodriguez said. "The National
Constituent Assembly breaks with the dark past of the fascist right."
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