‘Interim president’ of Venezuela not violating rules because they were changed for him – Abrams

By RTMarch 17, 2019 "

Asked by AP diplomatic correspondent Matt Lee if that rule can be changed after the fact, Abrams replied, “You don’t get a vote, because you’re not in the National Assembly.”

“You’re not in the National Assembly either!” Lee fired back.

The US recognizes the National Assembly as “the only legitimate, democratic institution left in Venezuela,” Abrams told reporters. The legislative body was last elected in 2015, and Venezuela’s Supreme Court ruled that it was superseded by the Constitutional Assembly elected in 2017 – but Washington has refused to recognize the legitimacy of that election.

The US and 53 of its allies have recognized Guaido as Venezuela’s “legitimate” leader, but even Abrams acknowledged on Friday that he doesn’t actually hold power. Faced with questions about the recognition amounting to only a quarter of the world’s countries, the State Department has repeatedly argued that the number doesn’t matter, because the countries that sided with the US are “democracies” and that is supposed to count for more somehow.

Abrams said the same thing on Friday, calling Guaido’s backers “many of the most influential democracies in the world.”

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