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Venezuelan Civic Military Front
Backs Chavez
Some retired officers members of
the Bolivarian Civic Military
Front sided with the opposition,
but they lack influence on the
FAN (National Armed Forces),
while the majority of affiliates
back Chavez in his reelection
campaign, says a declaration
released by the Front.
The statement of the Civic
Military Front, which groups
retired military officers,
reiterates previous denounces
about unconstitutional actions
by several of those officers.
The declaration says those
generals and admirals "without
troops (because nobody follows
them)" issue declarations to
destabilize the FAN with
intimidating messages against
the officers in command.
"They called surreptitiously to
disobedience, advising the
military agents not to carry out
orders they consider a violation
of democracy," the document
given to Prensa Latina said.
It also says those officers
underestimate the Military
Reserve, considering its members
do not meet legal or
professional requirements to
lead operations related to the
Plan Republica, to keep order in
the presidential elections.
They also incite to ignore the
legal regulation that does not
allow crowds or public mass
meetings during the electoral
process, calling it
unconstitutional.
It is an old well known
regulation. This is a simple and
vulgar blackmail that says a lot
about those who issued the text.
The declaration explains that
the FAN is now defending
integrally the nation, and found
a path united to the people it
never assisted, because it was
guided by an imported vision,
with codes and strategies
opposed to the national reality.
The movement said those ex
officers are just defending
their huge dollar commissions,
which they stopped receiving due
to buys of cheap goods during
their time, to the detriment of
operational readiness, training,
and equipment.
The declaration was signed by
Colonel Lieutenant Hector
Herrera, the organization´s
national director; Generals
Belisario Landis, Hernandez
Villegas, and Visconti Osorio;
Colonels Duerto Gomez, and Joe
Bermudez; Mayor Pedro Arroyo,
and others.
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