(VOVworld) – Caracas Mayor Jorge Rodriguez announced on Sunday that over 5 million signatures have been collected in a campaign against President Barack Obama’s executive order declaring Venezuela a national security threat.

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro holds up a law document outside Miraflores Palace in Caracas March 15, 2015. (Photo: Jorge Silva/ Reuters)

Rodriguez, who proposed the campaign, said after 10 million signatures have been collected, the petition will be sent to US President Barack Obama by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro asking Obama to repeal the decree. The campaign received strong support from Venezuelans and others, urging the US to renounce its hostile policy toward Venezuela.  

The petition and the 10 million signatures will be delivered to Obama during the Organization of American States (OAS) Summit, to be held on April 10 in Panama.