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CARACAS Benjamin Mendy Manchester City Jersey , Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's controversial National Constituent Assembly (ANC) on Friday decided to take over functions of the opposition-held National Assembly (AN) in order to ""preserve peace and sovereignty.""


After a motion presented by Delcy Rodriguez, President of the ANC, the special decree approved ""assuming functions to legislate on matters directly related to guaranteeing the preservation of peace, security, sovereignty David Silva Manchester City Jersey , the socioeconomic and financial system, the goals of the state and the preeminence of the rights of Venezuelans."" Rodriguez filed the motion in which she highlighted the ANC's role in ""rebalancing the country politically and its character as a space for national dialogue.""


Rodriguez said the move was not putting an end to the AN, saying this only marked a ""cohabitation"" between the two bodies.


In an attack on the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), which won the 2015 legislative elections, she said that ""there are empty seats Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City Jersey , when we call them to peace...that is the response of the right.""


The MUD refused to take part in the ANC, calling it a blatant unconstitutional power grab by the government of President Nicolas Maduro.


Stating that the AN members had not tackled the matters of economy or peace, Rodriguez said that ""they continue to ignore the people. They arrived in Parliament with the sole objective of removing the president from power.""


The MUD has led street protests since April, demanding early presidential elections, the resignation of Maduro and an end to the ANC.


After the decree Sergio Aguero Manchester City Jersey , ANC member and former speaker of the AN, Diosdado Cabello confirmed that the ANC was not seeking to replace the parliament.


Speaking to Telesur, Cabello said the decree only sought to take over ""certain functions"" from a parliament, which he feels has become paralyzed.


""If the National Assembly was dissolved, its deputies would cease to exist but they still do. If it was dissolved Raheem Sterling Manchester City Jersey , we would not be having a decree which only assumes certain functions,"" he explained.


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BANGKOK, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- A dozen military commanders have been named ministers under an interim government headed by non- elected Premier Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha.


The Thai monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, approved on Saturday the naming of those high-ranking military officers Vincent Kompany Manchester City Jersey , who are either currently active or retired, as members of cabinet in charge of varied portfolios headed by Gen Prayuth, the army strongman who seized power from a civilian government in the May 22 coup.


However, an official list of the cabinet members, handpicked by Gen Prayuth Cheap Benjamin Mendy Jersey , was only available in the Royal Gazette on Sunday.


Several are among the military junta who joined hands with Gen Prayuth to topple the elected government earlier headed by deposed premier Yingluck Shinawatra and currently sit on the National Council for Peace and Order, the official name of the ruling junta.


They make one-third of a total of 32 members of Gen Prayuth's cabinet with the rest mostly being high-level civil servants, who are as well either currently active or retired.


The military commanders have been invariably viewed as "cronies " of the strongman-turned-premier, who recently called on members of the public and the press to "not pay too much attention on individuals" in his cabinet and admitted that he decided to have them help run the country because he personally trusts them.


They are legally allowed to assume cabinet seats in a concurrent fashion under an interim constitution enforced by the ruling junta.


The military commanders who have become members of Gen Prayuth' s cabinet include


-- Former army chief and former defense minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan: Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Minister of Defense. Gen Prawit, viewed as an influential former superior to Gen Prayuth Cheap David Silva Jersey , earlier assumed the defense portfolio in the time of former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva.


-- Supreme commander Gen Tanasak Patimaprakorn: Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Minister of Foreign Affairs.


-- Deputy army chief Gen Udomdej Sitaboot, who is tipped to be promoted as army chief in place of Gen Prayuth: Deputy Minister of Defense.


？-- Air force chief ACM Prajin Juntong: Minister of Transport.


-- Navy chief Adm Narong Pipatanasai: Minister of Education.


-- Assistant army chief Gen Paiboon Khumchaya: Minister of Justice.


-- Assistant army chief Gen Chatchai Sarikalya: Minister of Commerce.


-- Former army chief Gen Anupong Paochinda: Minister of Interior.


-- Former deputy army chief Gen Davapong Rattanasuwan: Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.


-- Defense undersecretary Gen Surasak Ka