Nicolás Maduro announced the creation of 50,000 "popular defense units"

Nicolás Maduro

announced today the creation of 50,000 "People's Defense Units" in different areas of the country, according to the state news agency AVN.

"I announce to the country the conformation of more than 50,000 popular defense units in all neighborhoods and cities of the national territory, let's go, militias, to organize the city so that it will serve as a support and complement to

victory

of our armed forces, "said Maduro.

The president spoke escorted by the Higher General Staff, in an act of military maneuvers of the Bolivarian military aviation and the 42nd. Infantry Brigade of paratroopers of the Bolivarian Army, in the state of Aragua.

He announced instead "the goal of reaching two million militants and militias by April 13 this year" and to achieve "the best level of organization of the units of defense".

Maduro stressed that the FANB "must remain at the highest level of defense to ensure the territorial integrity, the peace of the Republic, the civil-military union and the respect of the Constitution".

"We are on the right side of history, this battle is decided by superiority and moral, physical and constitutional advantage, in favor of patriots, independence," he said at the time. AVN news agency.

After the act, Maduro wrote in
your Twitter network account:"Always loyal, never treacherous! It is the slogan of our soldiers and soldiers of every military unit in the 8 regions of integral defense of our homeland."

Since the protests against his executive and the National Assembly (AN, Parliament) proclaimed president in charge

Juan Guaidó,

Maduro shared several events with the military sectors.

Opposition to Maduro voted in ANA amnesty for troops who "defend the Constitution" and this weekend, its supporters and militants have distributed this text in several barracks.

Telam Agency