Recently, the opposition addressed letters to the different components of the armed forces and the National Guard, asking them to stop serving as "bodyguards to a putrid and corrupt dictatorship."
The country's armed forces are not immune to the deep divisions roiling the country, admitted Padrino, saying "several (military) cadres are working to have a (coup-style) adventure."
However, "they are not going to succeed," he said, due to the "democratic character" of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB).
Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz has criticized security forces for their "excessive use" of force against anti-government demonstrators, blaming the death of one protester, Juan Pablo Pernalete, on the National Guard.
Pernalete died after being hit by tear gas bomb on April 26.
The latest wave of protests began in early April, after the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) moved to temporarily take on the legislative powers of the opposition-controlled National Assembly (Congress) in a bid to break the political deadlock that has stymied government.
While the TSJ revoked that decision two days later, the measure reignited anti-government sentiment, sparking almost daily protests calling for early general elections.
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