Two new government ministers were appointed in the Official Gazette on Thursday. Francisco Sesto moved over from culture to the more problematic portfolio at housing, while his former deputy, Hector Soto, got his rather more easy-going old job, which partly involves funding community councils.
Zulia state governor Manuel Rosales submitted a writ to the Supreme Justice Tribunal (TSJ) to annul a law obliging oil companies to pay "special contributions" on profits accruing from high world oil prices. It was unlawful because the Constitution stipulates 20 percent of state revenues should go to state governments and municipalities, he said.
Fellow students are campaigning against Comptroller General Clodosbaldo Russian's ban on nearly 400 people running in the elections, and pro-government Bolivarian students marched to the foreign ministry on Thursday. They were protesting against "yankee" imperialism. DJ
Labor Minister Roberto Hernandez said the state would not take over companies involved in conflicts between groups of workers. On Wednesday, former and actual workers on opposing sides of a protracted dispute at Coca-Cola bottling plants staged rival marches on the National Assembly (AN) demanding government support.
In Maturin, spokesmen claiming to represent 58 "battalions" of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) in Monagas state said they were leaving the party in protest against "irregularities" in a decision to back governor Jose Gregorio Briceño for re-election to a second term.
Rafael Marquez, who briefly became governor of Yaracuy state after incumbent Carlos Gimenez was suspended by the Supreme Justice Tribunal (TSJ), protested against the appointment of Alex Saánchez by Interior & Justice Minister Ramon Rodriguez Chacin. He argued the TSJ's ruling hadn't been published and so it didn't apply.
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