While the President was campaigning to change the constitution to allow him to stand for office beyond the limit of two terms, Baduel accused the President of attempting to usurp the constitutional powers of the Venezuelan people.
Labour's David Whitton accused Finance Secretary John Swinney of trying to "usurp the rights of the parliament" by taking powers to allow ministers to do what they wanted with public bodies.
Why are non-elected agency bureaucrats appointed by the Executive Branch allowed to usurp and circumvent policy and spending authorization roles reserved exclusively for elected members of Congress under separation of powers established in the 1st article of the Constitution?