Venezuela's Congress: 'Maduro has abandoned his post
It’s the latest symbolic gesture by opposition law makers who have been hamstrung by a hostile Supreme Court after winning a sweeping majority in 2015.
Power leads to corruption, and absolute power leads to absolute corruption. Venezuela needs to carry out comprehensive constitutional reform to introduce a modified semi-presidential system with the president limited to a single term of 5 years and barred from running again for 6 years after that. Laws that are not backed by penalties are not laws, and constitutions must include the right to resist unconstitutional actions. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.