On 11 January, Juan Guaidó of the Popular Will party and President of the legislature stated that he was prepared to take on the role of acting President. With the National Assembly recognizing a vacuum in the office of the President, and citing Article 233 of the Venezuelan Constitution, Guaidó was declared acting President of Venezuela by that body on 16 January. The legislature approved the Statute Governing the Transition to Democracy to Re-establish the Validity of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela () on 5 February, defining the timing of the transition.