VOL. XLVII

No 12

22-March-2004

OPEC

Chavez To Challenge Supreme Court Acceptance Of Contested Signatures

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has instructed his government to prepare a legal challenge to the Supreme Courts ruling of 15 March that the National Electoral Council (NEC) should validate 800,000 signatures that it had deemed to be questionable. The Supreme Court ruling opened the way for a recall referendum on Mr Chavezs presidency, by providing the opposition with a total of 2.7mn...