The first vice president of the National Assembly, Pedro Infante, participated this Tuesday in the great march convened in Petare, Miranda state, in defense of national sovereignty and in rejection of the actions of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.
During his speech, Infante ratified Parliament’s decision to declare “persona non grata” to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, whom he accused of facilitating US intelligence operations against Venezuela.
Declaration from the chamber and international complaint
Infante recalled that the declaration of “persona non grata” against Kamla Persad-Bissessar was approved from the session chamber of the National Assembly:
“As a traitor, she sells her country and for lending her territory to the United States government as an aircraft carrier to try to attack Venezuela.”
The parliamentarian denounced that the Trinidadian prime minister has allowed her country to function as a platform for operations by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), in the context of a systematic policy of hostilities, conspiracy and espionage against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Reference to the 2002 coup d’état
During his speech, Infante evoked the role of the CIA in the coup d’état of April 11, 2002 against President Hugo Chávez, and warned that the aggressions of US imperialism aim to appropriate Venezuela’s natural resources.
“In any country in the world, supporting espionage operations against a sovereign nation constitutes a legitimate reason to declare a person non grata,” he stated.
Monroe Doctrine and energy rupture
Infante stressed that Kamla Persad-Bissessar has adopted the Monroe Doctrine as a political line, which represents a direct threat to the independence of the peoples of the Caribbean.
“Their actions attack the national sovereignty and independence of the Homeland of Simón Bolívar,” he expressed.
Likewise, he supported President Nicolás Maduro’s decision to end the energy agreement between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, in response to the actions of the Trinidadian prime minister.
“Venezuela has been a nation in solidarity with the Caribbean countries, but it cannot tolerate aggression disguised as diplomacy,” he concluded.
