Enabling law in Venezuela

The Enabling law in Venezuela was created as article 203 of the 1999 constitution.

[1] Through this law, the National Assembly gives the president its main power - which is to pass laws, for a period of no more than 180 days.

This period was later lengthened.

[2] The current Enabling law has been granted to Hugo Chávez (2000, 2007, 2010)[3][4] and to Nicolás Maduro (2013, 2015).

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