Venezuela Confirms Plan to Purge State Workers Who Signed Recall
- Minister said government must protect itself from sabotage
- Party leader said opponents to be removed in 48 hours
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Venezuela will remove state employees appointed to their positions by the government who signed a petition to recall President Nicolas Maduro as the opposition seeks to remove him amid an economic crisis.
In the first confirmation by a cabinet member, Information Minister Luis Jose Marcano said the government is free to name as well as remove high-level bureaucrats it has appointed.