Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called on police officials this Friday to build a comprehensive “National Power,” beyond the traditional public powers, to guarantee peace and development in the country, amidst the multifaceted aggression that the United States is carrying out against the country.
During the inauguration of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) Police Service Academy in the El Junquito parish of Caracas, the head of state stated that “in the last 22 weeks, Venezuela has been threatened and attacked by imperialism. These are illegal actions against our country that do not pose a threat to the United States.”
Along these lines, he warned of the danger that a US military action poses to Latin America and the Caribbean: “Venezuela is hope, it is a guarantee of security for the entire American continent.”
The Bolivarian leader assigned two crucial tasks to the students and faculty of the police institution. The first consists of writing 16 paragraphs, on two pages each, reflecting on “what more the nation can do to reinforce the permanent offensive and guarantee peace under any circumstances in the months and years to come.”
The second task, directed at the National Police (PNB), the Scientific, Criminal and Forensic Investigations Corps (CICPC), the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN), and the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM), focuses on how the police system can contribute to building Venezuela’s “National Power.” The president emphasized that this power must be immense to ensure the country’s development under any circumstances.
President Maduro explained his concept of “National Power,” differentiating it from the traditional view that reduces it to the public powers (executive, judicial, and legislative). He stated that, in many countries, true power rests with the oligarchies and imperialism, who impose their orders and blackmail. In contrast, he emphasized that in Venezuela, a “true and new power of the 21st century” has been born.
This Venezuelan “National Power,” according to the president, is comprehensive and manages to combine all the forces of society. It includes communal social power within the territory, the power of social movements—peasants, the working class, students, women, elders, Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities—and the political power of all the country’s movements and parties.
The president emphasized that Venezuela does not need to look abroad for its development. He highlighted that the new economic model, based on 13 engines, seeks the harmonious and complete liberation of national productive forces.
Furthermore, Maduro emphasized an even greater power: that of national identity, which he described as the conjunction of the spiritual, cultural, and idiosyncratic power of a “deeply spiritualized” people.
The Venezuelan president referenced historical figures such as Guaicaipuro, Negro Primero, and Simón Bolívar, as well as Commander Hugo Chávez, expressing gratitude for the country’s history. He concluded by affirming the powerful spirituality and faith of Venezuela, entrusted to Jesus Christ “forever,” declaring that “no one will take away the land and destiny of the Venezuelan people.”
The president also indicated that the constitutional public powers, although fundamental, would not exist without the empowerment of the people. He warned that, without a strong national government, the public powers would be vulnerable and could be “assaulted by Nazis,” as Hitler did in Nazi Germany, or by “fascists and their families.”
IMAGE CREDIT: President Maduro highlighted the concept of Venezuelan “National Power,” which is comprehensive and manages to unite all the forces of society. Photo: Presidential Press
[ SOURCE: teleSUR ]
