Home > 1. The principles of Europe's electoral heritage > VENEZUELA - ON THE LEGAL ISSUES RAISED BY DECREE No. 2878 OF 23 MAY 2017 OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC ON CALLING ELECTIONS TO A NATIONAL CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
 
 
 
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The Code of Good Practices on Electoral Matters13 states some principles that should be followed in order to avoid the problem mentioned above. In order to ensure regulatory levels and stability of electoral law, the Code provides that rules of electoral law must have at least the rank of a statute. The Code gives some powers to the executive in electoral matters, but only for enacting rules on technical matters and details.