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| Venezuela's opposition leader Henrique Capriles has urged the Supreme Court to rule on a dispute over what happens if President Hugo Chavez is not sworn in. | Venezuela's opposition leader Henrique Capriles has urged the Supreme Court to rule on a dispute over what happens if President Hugo Chavez is not sworn in. |
| Mr Capriles says the constitution sets 10 January as a deadline, and if Mr Chavez cannot be sworn in, the National Assembly leader should act as caretaker president until new elections are held. | |
| The government argues the inauguration is a formality for an incumbent leader. | |
| Mr Chavez, in hospital in Cuba after cancer surgery, is unlikely to attend. | Mr Chavez, in hospital in Cuba after cancer surgery, is unlikely to attend. |
| In a news conference to discuss the constitutional row over Mr Chavez's inauguration, Mr Capriles said Venezuelans had voted for President Chavez, not his vice president and ministers. | In a news conference to discuss the constitutional row over Mr Chavez's inauguration, Mr Capriles said Venezuelans had voted for President Chavez, not his vice president and ministers. |
| With 48 hours to go until the inauguration, it was inconceivable that the government had still not revealed if Mr Chavez would be able to attend, said Mr Capriles. | With 48 hours to go until the inauguration, it was inconceivable that the government had still not revealed if Mr Chavez would be able to attend, said Mr Capriles. |
| "There is a conflict in Venezuela. I don't know what the Supreme Court magistrates are waiting for," he said. | "There is a conflict in Venezuela. I don't know what the Supreme Court magistrates are waiting for," he said. |
| "The country is waiting for a clear interpretation of what the constitution says." | "The country is waiting for a clear interpretation of what the constitution says." |
| Mr Chavez, 58, has been in power since 1999 but has not been seen in public since his latest operation last month, and government officials have acknowledged that he has suffered complications caused by a lung infection. | Mr Chavez, 58, has been in power since 1999 but has not been seen in public since his latest operation last month, and government officials have acknowledged that he has suffered complications caused by a lung infection. |
| His condition was "stable", and he was "responding to the treatment", said Information Minister Ernesto Villegas in his last update. | His condition was "stable", and he was "responding to the treatment", said Information Minister Ernesto Villegas in his last update. |