President Alberto Fernández sent this Wednesday a message to the Argentines for the 212th anniversary of the First National Government of 1810 so that there is “more unity than ever, because it is a very difficult time” worldwide and also asked the political class to “join efforts” because “People come first.”
Upon leaving the Government House to participate in the Te Deum at the Metropolitan Cathedral, Alberto Fernández spoke with accredited journalists and left a message for society on the national date.
“We must have more unity than ever because it is a very difficult time in the world, which after the pandemic that brought us so much pain, now subjects us to a bloody war that no one would have wanted.“, remarked the head of state.
And he continued: “We have to continue working for peace and wherever I go I am going to ask for peace, because it is a time of reunion and where We cannot give ourselves the permission to subject humanity to more harm and more difficulties.“.
“Where I am going I will say it. I will say it at the G20, I will say it eventually at the Summit -of the Americas- and I will say it at the G7 where they invited me,” he added.
Fernández assured that “unity depends on us” and remarked that “what we most need, in this troubled and very damaged world where humanity runs the risk of suffering great famines, is to unite efforts.”
In a message to the official and opposition political leaders, he stated: “You have to join forces. I don’t want them to think like me, just to know that people come first”he concluded.
Regarding the date on which the formation of the First National Government is commemorated and also the 19th anniversary of the presidential inauguration of Néstor Kirchner, he indicated: “We commemorate May 25, 1810, which was the transit of Argentina towards its independence and which coincided with the day we arrived -at the Presidency- with Néstor back in 2003”.
Then, the president walked with his cabinet of ministers the 300 meters that separate the Government House from the Metropolitan Cathedral.
The Te Deum
religious celebration it was officiated by Cardinal Poli and was attended by ministers of other confessions religious, members of the diplomatic corps, the national cabinet and civil servants.
Upon entering the temple, the president went to the mausoleum that keeps the remains of General José de San Martín, to whom he paid tribute by placing a floral offering, the sources said.
This It was the first time that Fernández attended a Tedeum in person in his capacity as Presidentsince in the first two years of his term the ceremony was held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
After the ceremony, at 1:30 p.m., the President will share a lunch, consisting of a Creole locro, with workers from the popular economyin a club in the Buenos Aires town of Florencio Varela, the sources commented.
The celebration of the Tedeum, a thanksgiving that bears that name because that is how its first verse begins (“To you, God”, in Latin) is held every May 25 since the first national government of 1810in gratitude for the emergence of the Argentine State, which proclaimed its formal independence in 1816.
Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, during their mandates, chose to participate in religious celebrations but “federalized” the venue and held it in different provincial capitals.
