[NYTr] Venez: 5.4 Million Households to Be Polled by Congress on Const'l Changes

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El Universal - Sep 24, 2007
http://english.eluniversal.com/2007/09/24/en_pol_art_congress-to-visit-5._24A1062479.shtml


Congress to visit 5.4 million Venezuelan houses to discuss 
changes to the Constitution 

Seven mobile units of the People's Parliament will travel to all the 24
Venezuelan states to foster discussions in the remotest communities in
the nation.

They will start their tour in small villages and barrios of central
Vargas and Miranda states and the Capital District, reported National
Assembly (AN) Deputy Darío Vivas.

These visits are the final stage of an itinerant public consultation on
the potential changes to the Constitution sought by President Hugo
Chávez.

"We expect to attain the goal set, that is, to visit 5.4 million homes."

Vivas noted that the trucks will particularly get to those places,
where there are no telecommunications services.

"The units will have facilities, such as fixed telephones, monitors,
overheads, sound equipments, videoconference and wireless systems, as
well as canopies, tables, plastic chairs and trolleys," said the
lawmaker, quoted official news agency ABN.