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Venezuelan
Armed
Force
Guarantees
Security
in
Primary
Elections
The
Bolivarian
National
Armed
Force
(FANB)
is
an
institution
that
will
always
support
the
electoral
authority
to
guarantee
stability
and
peace
in
the
elections,
Defense
Minister
Henry
Rangel
stated
on
Sunday.
According
to
Rangel,
the
FANB
has
deployed
its
forces
and
resources
to
guarantee
the
opposition
primary
elections
on
Sunday.
"About
90,000
men
have
been
deployed
throughout
the
country,
in
support
of
the
National
Electoral
Council,
with
a
democratic
attitude
and
a
clear
vision,
to
guarantee
the
people's
peace
when
voting,"
the
defense
minister
said
in
an
interview
given
to
journalist
and
Vice
President
Jose
Vicente
Rangel.
On
Sunday,
Venezuela
opened
voting
stations
for
the
opposition
primary
elections,
from
which
the
candidate
that
will
run
against
President
Hugo
Chavez
in
the
October
7
presidential
polls
will
be
elected.
Surveys
show
that
most
Venezuelan
favor
Chavez,
and
assess
his
performance
as
positive.
Meanwhile,
these
opposition
primary
elections
are
crucial
in
its
political
aspirations.
In
addition
to
the
opposition
presidential
candidate,
the
candidates
to
17
governments
and
249
mayors'
offices
will
be
elected.
In
another
part
of
the
interview
with
Jose
Vicente
Rangel,
the
defense
minister
stated
that
his
ministry
"has
to
be
inspired
in
the
values"
of
the
1999
Constitution
and
"in
the
achievements
of
the
national
and
international
policy
of
the
institutional
government."
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