The National Assembly approved this Tuesday, in second discussion and by qualified majority, the Law of the Command for the Comprehensive Defense of the Nation, whose objective is to establish the strategic lines of action that will govern the actions of the commands, as fundamental instances of planning, coordination and execution of measures aimed at safeguarding the sovereignty, peace and territorial integrity of the country.
The president of the AN, deputy Jorge Rodríguez, highlighted the new military doctrine bequeathed by Commander Hugo Chávez, enriched by the head of State, Nicolás Maduro, and assured that “we are approving a fundamental law, which also establishes a new way of dealing with deployment, compliance with orders, the movement of troops and, above all, the conjunction between the people and the Armed Forces.”
“It is approved by a qualified majority, very qualified I would say, and the Law of the Command for the Comprehensive Defense of the Nation is declared sanctioned, and is sent to the national Executive for the purposes of its promulgation, in accordance with the provisions of Article 213 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,” he declared.
The continuation of the second discussion of the project was carried out in accordance with the provisions of article 106 of the Internal Regulations and Debates of the National Assembly.
Guests of honor at the session were the Vice Minister of Defense Planning and Development, M/G Henry Rodríguez; the legal consultant of the Ministry of Defense, G/D Adolfo Castillo; the legal advisor of the Bolivarian Aviation, G/D Rafael Blanco, among other officials.
After the sanction of the law, Rodríguez asked the guests of honor to go up to the podium to present them with the norm. In addition, he signed the document to send the recently approved regulations to the President of the Republic.
On October 10, the Parliament approved in first discussion and unanimouslythe Draft Law of the Command for the Comprehensive Defense of the Nation, after being presented by deputy Giuseppe Alessandrello, who at that time explained that the regulations, with three titles and 35 articles, establish the co-responsibility of the State and all citizens in the face of any type of threats.
