Legal provisions for recall at national level

Constitution of Venezuela (1999)

http://venezuelanalysis.com/constitution/Article 72: All magistrates andother offices filled by popular vote are subject to revocation.

Once half ofthe term of office to which an official has been elected has elapsed, a numberof voters constituting at least 20% of the voters registered in the pertinentcircumscription may extend a petition for the calling of a referendum to revokesuch official's mandate.

When anumber of voters equal to or greater than the number of those who elected theofficial vote in favor of revocation, provided that a number of voters equal toor greater than 25% of the total number of registered voters* have voted in therevocation election, the official's mandate shall be deemed revoked, andimmediate action shall be taken to fill the permanent vacancy in accordancewith the provided for in this Constitution and by law.

Therevocation of the mandate for the collegiate bodies shall be performed inaccordance with the law. During the term to which the official was elected,only one petition to recall may be filed.