Nicolás Maduro's army prevents the press from entering the National Assembly

According to the Venezuelan newspaper ‘El Nacional’, members of Maduro’s guard have surrounded the Federal Legislative Palace, where the aforementioned National Assembly is located, and its administrative headquarters, which is colloquially known as ‘Pajaritos’, in a nearby building. to the Assembly. “They are not allowed at this time, 9.00 (local time), to enter the workers and the media,” said Deputy Franklin Duarte on Twitter. “They ask us for the (identity) card and credential to enter,” he added. “Once again, Maduro’s usurping regime militarizes the facilities of the Federal Legislative Palace, preventing the smooth passage of employees and guests and denying the access to the free press ”, confirmed the also deputy Luis Stefanelli. “What are they afraid of?” Has questioned this social network. In the last two weeks, similar scenes have been experienced. On May 14, the parliamentary session had to be postponed to the next day because the security forces did not allow the deputies to pass, on that occasion, the agents explained that there was a bomb threat against Parliament. However, it was not until two days later that they reported that they had removed an alleged explosive device from Pajaritos.This new siege of the National Assembly comes a day after the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, has called parliamentary elections for this year , thus anticipating the appointment with the polls, scheduled for the end of 2020.The self-proclaimed “president in charge”, Juan Guaidó, has denounced a “blow to Parliament” for the legal actions against fourteen deputies and the arrest of the vice president of the National Assembly, Edgar Zambrano, for the military coup of April 30.The National Assembly is the only institution in the country that controls the opposition. It won it with a ‘super majority’ in an election held in December 2015, the results of which were recognized by both the Government and its detractors. However, in recent years it has been declared in “contempt” by the Supreme Court and the Constituent Assembly has absorbed his duties “patching up those lazy, lazy people who don’t want to work,” Constituent Deputy Pedro Carreño said on Monday about the members of Parliament. Political and humanitarian crisis The political crisis worsened on January 10, when Maduro decided to start a second A six-year mandate that neither the opposition nor much of the international community recognize because they consider that the presidential elections of May 20 were a fraud. In response, Guaidó proclaimed himself interim president on January 23 with the aim of ending the “ usurpation ‘, create a transitional government and hold’ free elections’. The United States, most Latin American countries, including Colombia, and many Europeans, including Spain, have recognized him.The situation has worsened as a result of April 30, when Guaidó and a liberated Leopoldo López led a military uprising that, According to the US version, he was frustrated by the intervention of Russia and Cuba.