For this Tuesday, July 9, Independence Day, the national government organized a military parade , in parallel to the traditional tedeum. It will coincide with the initiative of President Javier Milei to sign the so-called "May Pact" with the governors , although now in July.

Veterans of the war for the Malvinas Islands are invited to the parade, whose organization is channeled by the Ministry of Defense. The instructions with the invitation that came to the groups are considered by some of them to be between “unusual” and “lack of respect.”

The parade will begin at 10:30 at the intersection of Libertador and Agüero, near the Museum of Fine Arts, and will continue until it meets Olleros. “ Bring your flag and let us all celebrate our freedom together ,” published the Minister of Defense, Luis Petri, echoing the libertarian motto.

In addition to the fact that economic logistics was a problem because the Government ignored it, the general recommendations require veterans to "parade quickly" because there are many people for the two hours that the event will last . In the following paragraph it is communicated that (more words, less words), if they do well next year they will be taken into account for the starting parade.

To facilitate the journey, they are even informed that those in wheelchairs will parade quickly “with the support of the same group of veterans.”

Then in another paragraph, the instructions indicate that if they wish, after passing in front of the main box they can place themselves in a place to the side so that the troops can honor them and clarifies what veterans who intend to continue parading must do. be seen by people. After all, that's the point of parading. They have to go with their documents and their respective medals.

“ It is important to comply with this request so that in future calls they are allowed to start the parade .”

This was interpreted by some organizations as a forced separation of the veterans, who would not be able to make the parade to the end.

The instructions for Malvinas war veterans who want to attend the parade this July 9

There are thousands of veterans and it is difficult to control them with these instructions.

Added to that is that they were summoned at 9 a.m. on Tuesday when there are more than 3,000 people to parade, who have to enter, after identification, through a single door and only for a period of half an hour. Whoever does not manage to access the place during that period of time will not be able to parade.

Then - according to the protocol defined by Defense - veterans must be trained by Force, instead of by organizations, as those entities claimed.

“They call people who risked their lives, many are over 75 years old and do you want to make them jog?” said the leader of one of the groups consulted.

The other phrase that outrages them is the threat that if they do not comply with the slogans next year they will not march .