Venezuela Supreme Court Upholds Maduro's Emergency Decree
- Ruling sets up clash with opposition controlled congress
- Maduro says he'll use the emergency powers in coming days
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Venezuela’s Supreme Court declared an emergency decree President Nicolas Maduro says he needs to fight triple-digit inflation and the deepest recession in over a decade to be legal and valid, overruling the opposition-controlled congress that rejected the legislation last month.
In a ruling posted on its website Thursday night, the court said that congress had not followed the necessary procedure required by law to reject the legislation. Maduro, who was speaking on state television as the ruling was published, said that he will start using the powers granted in the decree in the coming days.