The problem with Venezuela is that the opposition is objectively worse in every way even compared to the most alarmist reading of Maduro.
In the 2002 coup, the opposition staged an unplanned march which came under sniper fire. They then blamed Chavez and used that as a trigger for the coup. A rally was pre-planned but the march too a "spontaneous" change of route, after which they came under sniper fire. That's suspicious enough, but the damning evidence is that the top coup generals *pre-recorded* a speech specifically condemning the government for the protest coming under sniper fire, but this was recorded several hours before the rally even began. So basically they staged a protest then had their own forces shoot their own supporters to justify the coup, and pre-recorded an outrage statement because they needed to be in place to carry out the coup. (this was on an SBS news Australia report, and the whistleblower was a CNN Spanish reporter who witnessed the recording). Basically this and other bits of evidence strongly suggest police snipers were pre-placed on the day of the coup to shoot at both pro- and anti- government rallies, then they manipulated the footage and commerical news coverage to make it look like the elected government was responsible.
And as for the opposition leader's views on separation of powers, we have their chosen man being sworn in during the coup they all signed on to. Luckily for us he gave a speech listing the things which would be abolished. Basically everything (46 minutes, 30 second in):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEsSf7ARpw8I mean, it's all right there on video in their own words, with cheering from the opposition top people:
The National Assembly - abolished
The Supreme Court - abolished
The Electoral Commission - abolished
And a few other offices.
They also announced they were going to get rid of all pro-Chavez mayors and governors who had been elected in the 1999-2002 period.
They also announced the suspension of the entire constitution. That's mentioned elsewhere but not shown on that clip.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmona_Decreehttps://williamblum.org/chapters/freeing-the-world-to-death/us-coup-against-hugo-chavez-of-venezuela-2002On April 11, a military coup toppled Chávez, who was taken to a remote location. Pedro Carmona, the chairman of Venezuela’s largest chamber of commerce, was installed as president. He proceeded to dissolve the legislature, the Supreme Court, the attorney general’s office, the national electoral commission, and the state governorships. Carmona then decreed that the 1999 constitution, which had been written by a constitutional assembly and ratified by a wide majority of voters, following the procedures outlined in the previous constitution, was to be suspended. On top of all this, the new regime raided the homes of various Chávez supporters.
On the video, coup leader Carmona calls conquest down the barrel of a gun "a mandate more valuable than any referendum". Alluding to the fact that Chavez favored referendums to ratify government decisions.
Carmona turns up in this Wikipedia list of politicians who have suspended the constitution for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_leaders_who_suspended_the_constitutionSo that's who the opposition are: 1930s style fascists, with the full "burning the reichstag" false-flag operations in which they murder their own supporters in order to establish a dictatorship.