Venezuela’s Supreme Court a target of unrest amid international calls to end turmoil

Venezuela's opposition-led congress

appointed on Friday alternative judges to the country's Supreme Court,

whose current pro-government members have been a bedrock of support for

President Nicolas Maduro.

While widely seen as symbolic, the move raises the specter of the development of a parallel state.

CGTN's

Stephen Gibbs dissects the current situation in Venezuela as

acontroversial vote, brought forward by Maduro to elect a constituent

assembly with powers to rewrite the constitution, draws near amid public

dissatisfaction and warnings from Washington.