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As regards the power to establish the rules for the election of the National Constituent Assembly: the Venice Commission considers that, in accordance with the principle of the rule of law and the Constitution of Venezuela, the power to determine the rules for the election of the National Constituent Assembly belongs to the National Assembly only, which has to adopt a specific piece of legislation.