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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.


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