Iván Evair Saldaña and César Arellano García
La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, October 8, 2024, p. 13
The Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) affirmed that the arrival of Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo as the first woman to the Presidency of the Republic demonstrates the fruitful path
that all citizens of the country have, since it is fruit of the sacrifice of men and women who fought tirelessly for freedom and equality
in our history.
During yesterday’s Monumental Flag Raising ceremony at Campo Marte, in which students from traditional and technical high schools from Mexico City participated, the institution recalled that this month marks 200 years since the first Constitution of Mexico and of the inauguration of Guadalupe Victoria (whose real name was José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix) as the first president of the Republic, the basis for the consolidation of the current Mexican State.
It is worth highlighting that 200 years after the establishment of the first Mexican Republic, the first president and supreme commander of the Mexican armed forces came to power, demonstrating the fruitful path that all citizens of this great nation have taken to consolidate sovereignty. national, and in this way provide greater and better opportunities to future generations
was read during the event.
The ceremony was led by General Jaime González Ávalos, inspector and comptroller general of the Army and Air Force. Educational authorities of basic education and students were summoned in order to encourage the students to worship and respect national symbols. Present were Enrique Morelos Reyna, representative of the Undersecretary of Basic Education in Mexico City; Professor María de Lourdes de la Peña Ramírez, director of Technical Secondary School number 22, and Professor Jorge Arturo Blas Rendón, director of Technical Secondary School number 65.
In addition, teachers and students from the Technical Secondary School number 65 Luis López Antúnez; Technical Secondary School number 22, Secondary School GoyaRené Cassin Secondary School and General Secondary School number 230 Jesús Mastache Román.
Secretary of National Defense reviews
At night, General Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, head of the Sedena, reviewed the troops that will participate in the Bicentennial of the Republic ceremony, which will be remembered with a gala starring military personnel next Thursday, October 10 in the Zócalo capital, starting at 7 at night.
La Sedena carried out a general rehearsal of the event on the occasion of said commemoration. This date is very important, since it is when General Guadalupe Victoria takes office as the first president of Mexico, thus initiating this system of government that is based on the division of powers, as well as the sovereignty of the states under the principles of freedom, equality and democracy that currently govern
said Esaú Iván Pacheco Sánchez, chief inspector of the National Guard.
He indicated that stands will be placed around the Zócalo with a capacity for 18,500 people, but there will also be interaction with laser and theatrical lights and monumental screens will be placed.
Pamela Ruiz Rosales, lieutenant of the Air Force and pilot, indicated that 42 historical figures will be seen in this celebration, however, more than 2,500 elements of the Army, Air Force and National Guard, 350 children, will participate, who will support and represent to various heroes, 100 horses, there will also be folk dancing, as well as orchestral music.
Pacheco Sánchez stated that after the official speeches, We will see a representation with six main events from the beginning of the struggle for Independence, through the Promulgation of the Constitution of Apatzingán, as well as the resistance by Agustín de Iturbide, the Embrace of Acatempan in 1821 with General Guerrero and the beginning of the Mexican Empire; later the Constitution of 1824, as well as the first republican government, which was headed by General Guadalupe Victoria who represents the main act of all these celebrations.
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