In addition, the system assumes that Venezuela’s society is divided in occupational and interest groups whose members are duly registered before the State. This assumption would require substantiation. According to a 2012 study by the International Labour Organization (ILO), without taking into account the agricultural sector, 47,5% of the Venezuelan labour force work in the informal economy. This large part of the Venezuelan labour force is not registered in any “official institutions, guilds, and legally recognized associations”. The same may be true for businessmen that operate in the informal sector. Therefore, the corporatist election of a third of the members of the National Constituent Assembly will exclude a very significant proportion of Venezuelans who should be able to participate. Indeed, the system entails that those citizens that do not belong to any of the sectors referred in the Decree will be allowed to vote only for the Municipal representatives, whereas those who do belong to those sectors will vote for both the municipal and sectorial representatives. This represents a flagrant violation of the principle of equality of votes.