Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro signed a decree of “external commotion,” said Vice President Delcy Rodríguez on Monday, a measure that would give him special powers in the face of an external military foray.
Maduro had already shown a folder on Monday with a label indicating that it was the commotion decree that he was submitting to his advisers in the higher courts and the Attorney General’s office, among others. The vice president did not say when the document was signed.
“What the United States Government, Marco Rubio War Lord, is doing today against Venezuela is a threat that is prohibited by the United Nations Charter. And if they dare to attack our country: an external commotion decree,” Rodríguez said at a meeting with diplomats.
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According to the current constitution, a commotion decree is valid for 90 days, which can be extended for another 90 days.
The authority explained that the Decree will authorize the mobilization of the Armed Forces throughout the country, the military taking of public services, the hydrocarbons industry and the guarantee of the full functioning of public services, in order to activate the militia in the nation’s integrated system.
The measure occurs amid the mobilization of a US military fleet in the Caribbean since mid-August, which Washington claims to be to combat drug trafficking, but that the Maduro government claims to be to remove it from power.
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The US State Department did not immediately respond to a commentary request.
