Three legislators,sworn in despite a supreme court ruling against them, agree to stand down after judges said congressional decisions would otherwise be nullTensions have temporarily been defused in Venezuelas bitter power struggle, or after three opposition members of parliament who had been barred by the country’s supreme court stepped aside to fracture a deadlock between the government of Nicolás Maduro and the national assembly newly dominated by the opposition.“Sometimes you have to sacrifice some things to save others,” said opposition leader Henry Ramos Allup, in an uncharacteristically conciliatory tone, and after accepting three opposition members’ request to leave the legislature.
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Source: theguardian.com