"As our Liberator said 200 years ago:" A republican government has been, is, and should be that of Venezuela; its bases must be the illusory sovereignty of the people, the division of powers, civil liberty ... "Our destiny today are not monarchies or self-proclaimed presidents," wrote Padrino López on the social network Twitter.
The minister referred in this way to what they have called the pretension of the "American empire" to invade by force the national territory, taking as an excuse the sending of humanitarian aid
; also the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) has reiterated on several occasions its recognition and loyalty to Nicolás Maduro Moros as head of constitutional State, to the detriment of the request of the "president in charge" sworn in by the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó. Maduro and the hierarchy of the military force defend that their period of legitimate government is 2019-2025.