Chavez will become the president of Venezuela when the attending doctors are allowed

Venezuela leader Hugo Chavez will remain the head of state, even if, for health reasons, he cannot arrive on January 10 at his inauguration, said the general prosecutor of the country Silia Flores.

"The decisive date is October 7 (the day of the presidential election), when the people expressed their will and defended the sovereignty. The Constitution establishes a formality for the adoption of presidential powers, but this is not decisive for the re -elected president," RIA Novosti quotes the interview of Flores for the South American television channel Telesur.

The Prosecutor General, who is the wife of the successor of Chavez, Venezuela Venezuela vice-president Nicholas Maduro, clarified that there is a “big difference” between the first elected candidate and continuing to fulfill his duties by the president. According to her, if it is impossible to take the oath of Chavez on January 10 before the National Assembly (Parliament), he will be able to do this to the Supreme Court "later, when his attending doctors allow."

Recall that Chavez is in the hospital after complications due to the consequences of pulmonary infection against the background of cancer. The opposition requires re -election, since it will not be able to take part in the inauguration on January 10, but the authorities made it clear that there would be no re -election.