00:00The National Assembly of Venezuela is holding a legislative session to initiate the 2025
00:06term.
00:07During the meeting, the deputies will elect the president, first vice-president and other
00:12parliamentary members who will be in charge of the legislative branch during 2025.
00:19Deputy Jorge RodrĂguez is expected to be ratified as president of the National Assembly.
00:24The extraordinary call is made in the framework of the first task of the parliament, signing
00:31the president-elect NicolĂĄs Maduro next January 10th, following his victory in the elections
00:36of July 28th.
00:38The National Assembly inaugurates its annual period of ordinary sessions 2025 this Sunday,
00:45January 5th, 2025, as established on Article 219 of the Constitution of the Bolivar Republic
00:52of Venezuela.
00:54Prior to the installation session, the directive of the parliament is scheduled to honour the
00:59father of the hamlet, SimĂłn BolĂvar, with a floral offering in the BolĂvar Square in
01:04Caracas, next to the federal legislative palace.
01:07Article 219 of the Magna Carta establishes that the first period of the ordinary session
01:14of the National Assembly shall commence without prior notice on January 5th of each year or
01:21the next possible date thereafter and shall last until August 15th.
01:27Meanwhile, Article 6 of the International Regulations and Debates of the National Assembly
01:33states that the National Assembly shall have a board of directors composed of a president
01:40and will have a board of directors composed of a president, as we said, a first vice president
01:47and a second vice president.
01:51During the meetings, the deputies will elect the president, the first vice president and
01:56other parliamentary members who will be in charge of the legislative branch during 2025.
02:03And as we were saying, Deputy Jorge RodrĂguez is expected to be ratified as president of
02:10the National Assembly.
02:12The extraordinary call is made in the framework of the first task of parliament to serve in
02:18a president like NicolĂĄs Maduro, that next January 10th following his victory in the
02:23elections of July 28th.
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