Venezuelan security forces have taken up position outside the office of the country’s chief prosecutor.<br /><br />It comes a day after the government inaugurated a new legislative body that the country’s chief prosecutor said was fraudulently elected.<br /><br />What did the chief prosecutor say?<br /><br />Luisa Ortega had asked a local court to halt the inauguration of the new 545-member constituent assembly.<br /><br />She cited allegations that the government fudged the results of the vote that created it.<br /><br />The assembly was nonetheless installed on Friday despite opposition protests.<br /><br />What have the assembly members said?<br /><br />They warned that they would fire Ortega the first chance they got.<br /><br />It took less than 24 hours from the assembly’s inauguration for her offices to be cordoned off.<br /><br />In a tweet, Ortega asked the international community to denounce what she called “this arbitrary action”.<br /><br />What is the issue with the new assembly?<br /><br />Critics say the new legislative body has no checks on its powers. They say it could re-write the constitution, re-arrange state institutions and allow socialist President Nicolas Maduro to rule by decree.<br />
