Vice President Delcy Rodriguez is poised to become Venezuela’s acting president, with the South American country’s Supreme Court ordering her to take over in Nicolas Maduro’s absence.
The Constitutional Chamber of Venezuela’s Supreme Court on Saturday ordered Vice President Rodriguez to take over the role following Maduro’s detention by US forces in a military operation unilaterally sanctioned by US President Donald Trump.
The court ruling said Rodríguez would assume “the office of President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to guarantee administrative continuity and the comprehensive defense of the nation,” Reuters reported.
The decision added that the Supreme Court will hear the matter to “determine the valid legal framework that will guarantee the continuity of the state, the administration of government and the defense of sovereignty in the face of the forced absence of the President of the Republic”.
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