Caracas, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) The National Constituent Assembly (NCA) of Venezuela urged authorities to enforce the Anti-Hatred Law adopted in 2017, in response to calls for intolerance and confrontation currently promoted by the opposition.

During the special session held on Tuesday, the president of the National Constituent Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, requested to establish two commissions, in charge of transferring the corresponding requests to the Supreme Court of Justice and the Public Prosecutor's Office.

NCA first vice president Tania Diaz reiterated the need to assert the rights stipulated in the law against hatred, for peaceful coexistence and tolerance, referring to perpetrated attacks in the state of Tachira in the hours following the sabotage to the national electric power system on March 7.

Violent individuals set fire on Saturday the residence of mayor Betzabeth Gandica, located in Umuquena, municipality of San Judas Tadeo, in the western demarcation. She complained to the Constituent Assembly the risk her family underwent. The official stated that this was a terrorist plan organized by opposition activists -four of them were taken to custody by the local authorities- who threatened to assassinate her, for which she requested that justice is applied to the people involved in the event.

The Constitutional Law against Hatred, for Peaceful Coexistence and Tolerance approved by the plenipotentiary body, came into force on November 9, 2017, and establishes penalties up to 20 years in prison for those found guilty of promoting crimes of that nature.