CARACAS: Venezuela's future constitution, to be written by a new assembly packed with allies of President Nicolas Maduro, will be put to a referendum, the pro-government lawmakers said Thursday.

The 545 members of the Constituent Assembly -- which has seized power from the opposition-led legislature, and drawn international scorn -- unanimously decided they would approve the text and then set a referendum date.

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