The Militia arrives this April 13 at 14 years. Until now, the government has not reported any special bonuses for the militants. A year ago, the ruler Nicolás Maduro said that there were 4,500,000 militiamen, a lower figure than the one presented in September 2020: 5 million 512 thousand 352. The FAN reported that the Minister of Defense delivered “a large supply of weapons” to the militia from the arsenal located in Maracay, Aragua state
The Militia He arrives this Wednesday, April 13, at the age of 14 amid announcements about his training in the handling of weapons and the supply of material for the operation of the troop. Until now, the government has not reported any special bonuses for the militants.
#News ? In the Militia Command of the REDI Guyana, specifically to all the Comprehensive Defense Areas that make it up, this day the Intendancy material was delivered to the personnel of the Enlisted Troops of the January 2023 Contingent. pic.twitter.com/jOvOk0Eexx
— Bolivarian Militia (@Milicia_B1) April 6, 2023
This force does not figure in the 1999 Constitution, but was defined in the so-called “Constitutional” Law of the Armed Forces, approved by the extinct National Constituent Assembly, as a special component of the military organization.
Until now, the scope of the contingent of the Militia it is unheardable. In April 2020, the ruling Nicolás Maduro announced that this force reached 4,156,567 members, number that represents an increase of almost 900,000 people in just four months. In December 2019, Maduro boasted of having 3,300,000 militiamen.
In this context, the most recent figure available was offered by Maduro, in April 2022.
“We have 4,500,000 militiamen and militiamen and we have in permanent exercise, with rifles in hand, 700,000 men and women willing to defend the territory, our homeland and our integrity,” Maduro said after the closure of the Great Popular Civic-Military March for the Day of the Rescue of National Dignity and the Anniversary of the Militia last year.
However, in September 2020, the ruler said that the Militia had exceeded the goal of the 4.5 million: «We are already going for 5,512,352 militiamen and militiamen registered voluntarily, trained, indoctrinated, trained for the integral defense of our homeland.
At the same time, on that date, Maduro reported that this force was organized into 1,157 Popular Comprehensive Defense Groups (APDI), 14,383 Popular Comprehensive Defense Bases (BPDI) and 51,360 Popular Comprehensive Defense Units (UPDI).
In 2022, Maduro announced the relaunch of the militia, based on what he defined as a “higher stage” of the civil-military union. which in practice has resulted in announcements about the deployment of its members in the security operations carried out by the military sector.
militia in arms
The militia reports directly to the President of the Republic and is based in the reserve. Thus, in March 2005, by order of Hugo Chávez, the General Command of the Military Reserve and National Mobilization was created with the reform of the Organic Law of the National Armed Forces (Lofan). Later the Bolivarian National Militia was formed as a “special corps destined to complement the Armed Forces.”
12 years later it was given more strength by order of Maduro. The Minister of Defense, General in Chief (Ex) Vladimir Padrino López, pointed out that the militia «is a heroic creation of the Bolivarian revolution for the defense of our beloved homeland. Today we recharge our energies with these brave militiamen and militiawomen». The claims were made on April 11, when he decorated military and militia personnel.
The military head, according to official information, also toured the facilities of the 413 Tiuna Integral Defense Area, where “a great Social Day was carried out, in the delivery of materials for all the Militia Units nationwide.”
The inauguration of an individual weapons shooting simulator was also reported to guarantee “the training of our uniformed people, the militia.”
In recent days, the special training units of the Capital Region Militia Command began the Expert Shooter course, Fal Cal. 7.62x51mm, which takes place in the state of Apure. According to a follow-up carried out on the information disseminated by the militia, the training is extended to several units, including those from the Andes Region that are preparing the “Caribbean” course, in Nula, Fuerte Yaruro, also in Apure.
#09APRIL In the Combat Training Center, from the “Ciudad Sucre” Border Protection Base, the combatants of the #MiliciaBolivariana in the Rafael Urdaneta parish, Páez del Edo Municipality. Hurry. pic.twitter.com/agkGnylur2
— Bolivarian Militia (@Milicia_B1) April 9, 2023
On April 1, the Armed Forces reported that the Minister of Defense together with the Commander of the Militia, Major General Wistohor Chourio AndradeHe delivered “a large supply of weapons” to the militia from the arsenal located in Maracay, Aragua state.
In this sense, the handover was presented as a “cWith the faithful intention of raising the operational readiness of our military, cradle of the town in Armas, where the combatant trains daily, carrying out each of the entrusted operations”.
This Thursday, the government and the FAN will mobilize, as in recent years, this Thursday to commemorate National Dignity Day, when Chávez returned to power.
«On April 13 we will have a great mobilization throughout the country. Starting tomorrow we will have various activities, it is important that young people know where we come from,” said the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, on April 10.
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