Editing Dissolution of parliament (section)

==Venezuela==
The [[Constitution of Venezuela|Bolivarian Constitution of Venezuela]] authorizes, through various articles, the [[President of Venezuela|president]] to dissolve the [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]].

Article 236 of the Constitution establishes which are the functions to be performed by the first national president; Paragraph 23 of this section states that one of the powers of the president is: "Dissolve the National Assembly in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution."

In statement 240 explains that will dissolve the Parliament when in a same constitutional period the Assembly approve the removal of the vice president of the country by means of [[Motion of no confidence|censure]], three times.

It is also clarified that the decree of dissolution of the Venezuelan congress entails the call for elections for a new legislature, which must be held in the next 60 days. In addition, this section indicates that the Parliament can not be dissolved during the last year of its constitutional period.

In the [[2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis]], the [[Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela)|Supreme Tribunal of Justice]] dissolved the National Assembly and assumed its legislative powers. The decision was viewed by the [[Democratic Unity Roundtable|Venezuelan opposition]] and many members of the international community, including the United States, [[Mercosur]], and the [[Organization of American States]], as a [[self-coup]] by President [[Nicolás Maduro]]. After several days, the decision was reversed on the advice of President Maduro.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/30/americas/venezuela-dissolves-national-assembly/index.html|title=Venezuela's high court dissolves National Assembly|editor-first=Rafael | editor-last=Romo |website=CNN|date=30 March 2017|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Graham-Harrison|first1=Emma|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/19/venezuela-crisis-deepens-maduro-strips-opposition-held-parliament-power|title=President Maduro strips Venezuela's parliament of power|date=2017-08-19|work=The Observer|access-date=2020-04-16|last2=López|first2=Virginia|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/01/venezuela-high-court-reverses-move-strip-congress-power/99904910/|title=Venezuela high court reverses move to strip congress' power|last=Sanchez|first=Hannah Dreier and Fabiola|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref>