Venezuela's opposition-led National Assembly has voted to open "a
political and criminal trial" against President Nicolas Maduro, but the
socialist leader dismissed the move as "illegitimate".
Scuffles erupted between ruling and opposition lawmakers, as the assembly voted on a resolution on Tuesday Oct 25,2016 ordering President Nicolas Maduro to appear at next week's session.
Opposition politicians are also pushing the argument that the president is constitutionally ineligible to hold Venezuela's highest office claiming that he is a dual Colombian citizen.
It is unclear what impact the vote will have, as the Supreme Court, which the opposition claims Maduro controls, has ruled the National Assembly's decisions invalid.
Scuffles erupted between ruling and opposition lawmakers, as the assembly voted on a resolution on Tuesday Oct 25,2016 ordering President Nicolas Maduro to appear at next week's session.
Opposition politicians are also pushing the argument that the president is constitutionally ineligible to hold Venezuela's highest office claiming that he is a dual Colombian citizen.
It is unclear what impact the vote will have, as the Supreme Court, which the opposition claims Maduro controls, has ruled the National Assembly's decisions invalid.
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