Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Ángel Moratinos considered Thursday as legitimate the changes to the Constitution proposed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.

Moratinos contributed to this thought during his appearance, at his own request, before the Senate Committee of Hispanic American Affairs to brief on the 17th Hispanic American Summit, to be held in Santiago de Chile on November 8-10, Efe quoted.

"There is democracy in Venezuela and the lack of representation of opposition forces at the parliament is due to their refusal to take part in the elections held almost two years ago by alleging distrust in the electoral process," said the minister.

"Chávez was elected democratically and if he has a single-colored parliament is because the opposition or political groups boycotted the elections," said Moratinos, who deemed the decision a mistake.