Venezuela foreign assets will not pass to Maduro -opposition

FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addresses the media from the Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

CARACAS (Reuters) - Opposition lawmakers in Venezuela seeking the removal of Juan Guaido as the country's interim president said on Thursday that foreign assets will not pass to the government of President Nicolas Maduro if Guaido is removed from his post.

Three of four major opposition groups - Justice First, Democratic Action and A New Era - are backing a bill to oust Guaido and create a five-member commission to manage foreign assets, especially U.S.-based refiner Citgo, a subsidiary of state-owned oil company PDVSA.