In the opinion of the president of the Special Commission for the Defense of the Territory of Guayana Esequiba and Territorial Sovereignty, Hermánn Escarrá, “the most important achievement of this special commission is the consultative referendum for the defense of Guayana Esequiba, which was held on “Last December 3.”
Escarrá, according to portal of the National Assembly, highlighted that the Bolivarian forces and sectors of the opposition came together, on that occasion, to consult the people on the policies that should be implemented in defense and protection of Essequibo.
The parliamentarian highlighted that the People’s Power reaffirmed the Geneva Agreement as the path to a peaceful solution, and rejected the possible attribution of the International Court of Justice.
Likewise, he questioned that the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and transnational companies move economically in the geographical space of Venezuela.
The 24th state
The deputy explained that the referendum created article 9 of the Organic Law for the Defense of Essequibo, where state number 24, Guayana Esequiba, is conceived within the territorial political organization of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
He asserted that the purpose of the expanded meeting of the commission is to collect all the contributions, documents, works, drawings of flags, shields, regional anthems, about Guayana Esequiba, to prepare the transition rules of the Constitutional Law for the Defense of the Guyana Esequiba.
“We have ordered that we publish a group of titles so that the country, pedagogically, knows why legally, historically, we say that Essequibo is ours and on which there is no variation,” he communicated.
He stressed that in accordance with the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (CRBV), as of December 15, the first vice president of the legislative body, deputy William Fariñas (Psuv/Nva. Esparta), will take over as president of the commission.
He applauded the work of Admiral Eladio Jiménez Rattia, vice minister of Planning and Comprehensive Development for Transportation and coordinator of the course for the security and defense of the nation, called “thalassocracy”, water power in the structure of the States.