Chavez likewise significantly extended the forces of the administration. Not long after he took office, voters endorsed another constitution that enabled him to keep running for another term, expelled one council of Congress,..

and lessened regular citizen command over the military. In 2004, two years after he was quickly expelled from office in an overthrow, Chavez successfully took control of the Supreme Court by extending its size and selecting twelve judges. In 2009, he drove an effective choice consummation presidential term limits.