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In the article you have posted.
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No. The Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela (STJ) may remove President Maduro, not the National Assembly. The National Assembly cannot constitutionally remove Maduro. Furthermore if Maduro becomes absolutely absent/unavailable then there is a line of succession and the President of the National Assembly is not first but second in the line of succession. One of the two Vice Presidents must fill the role of President (they are both hardcore Chavistas) as the VPs are first in the line of succession.
The constitution requires that if the President is removed by the STJ with the approval of the National Assembly, then popular elections must be held within 30 consecutive days of the removal of the old president. The Venezuelan opposition has already said it will not respect this 30-day deadline because the opposition will not have enough time to replace the electoral deputies, redistribute the electoral districts (gerrymander) and sway the majority of the people who despite their dislike for Maduro will still likely vote Chavista. So the opposition controlled National Assembly invokes the constitution, over-reaches its own authority delineated in that constitution and promises to violate that constitution. They are no better than Mr. Maduro and his political hacks who the opposition allege violated the constitution by rigging the election. They just want to rig it more.
Cheers.
Evilroddy.