[NYTr] Venezuela House Clinches Constitution Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:17:36 -0500 (CDT) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Prensa Latina, Havana http://www.plenglish.com Venezuela House Clinches Constitution Caracas, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan National Assembly finalizes Monday the final debate of the constitutional reform project presented by President Hugo Chavez. Together with the discussion of the project in the most several stages of the national territory, the Joint Commission carries out the final touches of the report, to analyze the initiative article by article. Later, the assembly's plenary session will be in charge of the study of suggestions to modify the Constitution for its approval, prior to the popular consultation the National Electoral Council will organize. The Parliament's President Cilia Flores stated that stage will take into consideration the possibility to extend adjustments beyond the 33 articles predicted in the statesman's initiative. Among actions, the Congress carried out a meeting with sectors from Apure, Guarico and Amazonas states, to collect opinions and proposals on the project. The proposal is to change 33 articles of the Constitution, to strengthen the construction of a socialist model in the country, and also modify relevant issues like property, natural resources and communal power, among others. hr/iff/mem/mf * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================