From the Malvinas Islands Ex-Combatants Center (CECIM) of La Plata they mentioned the causes of torture of the Argentine combatants themselves during the Malvinas war and asked for self-criticism from the Armed Forces . Furthermore, they repudiated “the idea of participating in an anachronistic parade in front of a president who has tried to sell our beloved Argentine Republic to the highest bidder.”
“How can we participate when individuals with dubious participation in the armed conflict with Great Britain but with an indisputable implication in the “Flights of Death” are summoned as “War Veterans” in the atrocities committed during the “Margarita Bethlehem Massacre?” ", as torturers both in ESMA and Campo Mayo and also as illegal appropriators? -said the CECIM-. These same individuals rose up against our democracy during the episodes known as "Carapintadas Coup" and also TORTURED SOLDIERS DURING THE MALVINAS WAR."
“We hope that those responsible assume judicial responsibility for these serious violations of Human Rights. Likewise, we hope that they have enough dignity to not once again become disposable labor to serve the interests of the US Southern Command and pay homage to their generals ," they mentioned, adding that "we ask that they assume a single objective: to develop a Defense Doctrine National based on scientific and technological development, the protection of our sovereignty and the defense of human rights.”
"We hope that the Armed Forces have the courage and dignity to assume these commitments and leave behind their dark episodes of the past," they expressed in the text. As former Malvinas combatants, we reaffirm our commitment to peace, justice and respect for human rights. For all this, we refuse to participate in a military parade organized by a government whose actions do not represent or honor our beloved Argentina. Never again war. Never more repression. “I will never forget again.”
Among other issues that distance CECIM from the current government of La Libertad Avanza, Javier Milei 's intention to repeal Law 26737 of the Regime for the Protection of the National Domain on Land Property stands out.
In this framework, the ex-combatants initiated legal actions , getting the Federal Justice to declare the unconstitutionality of article 154 of decree 70/2023 promoted by the president.
“How can we participate before a president who publicly seeks to weaken the National State and whose government actions have drastically increased hunger, unemployment, inequalities and poverty? How can we participate when this same president claims as a reference Margaret Thatcher, who ordered the sinking of the Cruiser General Belgrano, causing the death of 323 Argentines? , they maintain in the statement.
