National Assembly provides for punishing 26 laws before December 15

They intend to approve new labor law, social property, and vehicles. In the deputy Saul Ortega, "the crimes being committed in the country are imported"

September 16, 2009 | 08:01 am - Eduardo Méndez Sánchez

Deputy Saul Ortega | Daniel Evans

The Coordinating Committee of the National Assembly, comprising representatives of the 15 standing committees of the legislature approved the incorporation of 55 laws on the parliamentary agenda for the second regular session that began yesterday and runs through December 15.

Of the 55 legal instruments provided, 26 are pending being subjected to a second discussion by the plenary of the Assembly.

Among the laws that are expected to be enacted before 15 December are the Insurance Activity Act, Organic Law of Emoluments, reform of the Labor Law, Law Regulating the Sale of Vehicles, Law on Prohibition of games and toy weapons, and the social property.

"This statutory instrument has been invented so has nothing to do with regulating private property. What he wants is to order the redeployment of great wealth with those that count the Venezuelan state," said Saul Ortega, second vice president of the Assembly National.

The Special Law of the mortgagor, the reform is scheduled for this second session, will be renamed the Special Law on Construction Presale for Housing, with the aim of broadening the range of jurisdiction to be the instrument.

This project is headed by the Standing Committee on Public Service Administration, who also plans to reform the Real Estate Lease Law Act, the instrument governing the Public Service Act Comprehensive Social Policy Air Transport.

Deputy Ricardo Sanguino, president of the Finance Committee, reiterated that it will reform the General Banking Act and the Income Tax.

With regard to the Insurers, said he hopes to bring its second plenary for discussion in the next two weeks.

Blank. The only parliamentary body that did not include legislation on the agenda was the Commission of Energy and Mines, chaired by Angel Rodriguez.

The congresswoman We Pastora Medina, called for a right to speak and asked Rodriguez, "What happened to the new Mining Act? Appears to have shelved since 2006.

Rodriguez said, is "not shelved", and clarified that all aspects of mining is provided by the Minister Rodolfo Sanz. "The committee follows up the mining sector, because it is a very important sector for the country, but we have no specific date for the adoption of a new mining law," Rodriguez said during his appearance before the Coordinating Committee.