Sleepy days over for Venezuela congress

[Zorro]

Venezuela's socialist lawmakers vowed Thursday to pass laws and make appointments until the last possible minute to protect their revolution before the opposition takes over congress next month on promises to revive an institution they say has been subservient to the presidency.

At the first session since the opposition won a landslide victory in Sunday's legislative election, lawmakers heard performances of patriotic songs and promised to never cooperate with the "bourgeoisie" leaders who will take control of the legislature Jan. 5. The election has created a divided government for the first time since the late President Hugo Chavez launched his socialist government here in 1998.

"We will never change our position, no matter what kind of blackmail or manipulation they throw our way," outgoing National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello said. "We will be here until midnight on January 4.

The refusal to negotiate probably won't matter, given the opposition's two-third majority. Even the government workers in socialist red T-shirts patrolling the palm-tree-lined National Assembly compound say the body will be unrecognizable come next year.

http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-congress-holds-final-session-burst-action-141226177.html

[MADem]

1. And they'll repeal all that shit as quick as these losers can try and gum up the works.

Half of those "government workers in socialist red T-shirts" voted the current crop of bums out.

The VZ economy has been unsustainable for some time. They are long overdue for some competence and change.