FILE PHOTO: General view of the Supreme Court building in Caracas, Venezuela May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's government-friendly Supreme Court on Friday said the opposition-held congress had not named rectors to the South American country's electoral authority in time, a move denounced by the opposition as an attempt to derail election plans.
The court declared the National Assembly's decisions null and void shortly after the opposition won control of the body in late 2015. With new legislative elections due by the end of this year, the decision marked a setback to efforts between the two sides to agree on conditions for the vote.
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