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CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan lawmakers voted on Tuesday to postpone Thursday’s inauguration of ailing President Hugo Chavez for his new term, prompting complaints from opponents who called it a violation of the constitution.
Chavez’s congressional allies, who hold a majority of seats in the National Assembly, agreed with a government proposal for Chavez to be sworn in at a later date before the Supreme Court.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro broke the news that Chavez would not attend in a letter to the National Assembly president, confirming suspicions that Chavez’s battle with cancer and a related respiratory infection would keep him in a Cuban hospital past the key date.
