Minister Padrino López: ODDI will coordinate and execute actions aimed at the defense of the Homeland

“It will be a cohesive body of the popular, military and police union,” said Minister Padrino López
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Published at: 08/01/2025 06:54 PM

The Sectorial Vice President of Defense and Sovereignty, G/J Vladimir Padrino López, stated that the Body of the Directorate for Integral Defense (ODDI) is an instance for the articulation, coordination and execution of actions aimed at the defense of the Homeland.

“That is why the Bodies of the Directorate for Integral Defense have been being tested in the national territory, which are being perfected every day, creating awareness of the need for their existence,” he explained.

The statement was made by Padrino López at the Miraflores Palace, where the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, installed the Organ of the Directorate for Integral Defense (ODDI).

“It will be a cohesive body of the popular, military and police union,” he explained.

The minister stated that today the ODDI have become a daily practice for catastrophes and internal conflicts, “they are prepared for that situation, their basis is the Constitution in its articles 322, on the responsibility of the State for security and 326, on the issue of co-responsibility”.

Regarding the presidential request to approve the Special Law on Organs of the Directorate for Integral Defense (ODDI), he said that “we are ready, I already have the team working in the Ministry, so that as soon as possible we can issue this Law that will give consistency and legality to all the actions we can take within the framework of the ODDI.”

Mazo News Team

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