juan guaidó, the newly appointed president of the national assembly of venezuela, began motions to form a transitional government as soon as he took the national assembly role on 5 january 2019; whether maduro took office on the 10th or not, the country would not have a legitimately elected president. on behalf of the national assembly, he became one of the first to denounce maduro taking office, saying that the country had fallen into a "de facto" dictatorship and had no leader, and that they were in a state of emergency.