The Government of Venezuela deployed 1,200 troops throughout the country with the objective of “guaranteeing peace” ahead of the inauguration.
Title La FM: Maduro regime reviews security prior to inauguration and warns opponents
Summary La FM: Diosdado Cabello toured the streets of Caracas: “Some sectors of the opposition are nervous.”
The head of the Ministry of the Interior of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, took a tour to verify the security points in Caracas for the inauguration of the Presidency, scheduled for next January 10, according to videos released by the State portfolio this Sunday.
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Cabello, who toured Caracas between Saturday night and Sunday morning, said that agents from the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM), the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin) and the National Police remain deployed to guarantee security. .
“Some sectors of the opposition are nervous because there are security measures around the Legislative Palace and the Miraflores Palace (executive headquarters),” said the minister, who He added that these deployments are to “guarantee peace” in the face of “threats” from the opposition “against democracy.”
The Government of Venezuela deployed 1,200 troops throughout the country with the objective of “guaranteeing peace” ahead of the inauguration of the Presidency, the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (CEO-FANB) reported on Friday.
President Nicolás Maduro has reiterated that he will attend the headquarters of Parliament – controlled by Chavismo – on January 10 to be sworn in as re-elected president for six more years.after the National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed him the winner of the July 28 elections.
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Meanwhile, the majority opposition, grouped in the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), denounced that result as fraudulent and has insisted that its leader, Edmundo González Urrutia, was the winner of the presidential elections.
Regarding González Urrutia, who affirms that he will assume the Presidency and is on an international tour in search of support to achieve this objective, Cabello recalled that there is a reward of $100,000 for anyone who provides information about the opponent’s whereabouts.. EFE
