2023-11-16 08:55:44
The Government reiterated the sovereign claim on the Falkland Islands as a “national cause” and established a reparative measure for ex-combatantsdeclaring their children and cohabitants as “legitimate heirs” in relation to the pensions established by law for those who fought in the 1982 war.
The announcement was made by the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massaduring an event in the Port of Buenos Aires within the framework of the Antarctic campaign for the period 2023/2024, and it was made official this Thursday through the decree 595/2023 from the Official Gazette.
“We have signed the decree that makes legitimate heirs to the children and cohabitants of those who fought in the Malvinas to guarantee not only honoring their memory, but also that the right won in combat is respected in hereditary terms for all the families of the Malvinas heroes,” the minister explained during the meeting.
The Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) that makes the measure official was formed by the president Alberto Fernandez and his ministers. In turn, the official candidate participated in the event where it was announced along with the Ministers of Defense, Jorge Taiana; of health, Carla Vizzottiand Science and Technology, Daniel Filmus.
The document provides that “the beneficiaries of the war veterans of the South Atlantic who are beneficiaries of the pensions instituted by the Law No. 23,848its amendment No. 24,652 and its supplement No. 24,892, stated in subsection e) of article 53 of Law No. 24,241, its amendments and supplements, The age limitation will not apply to them. contemplated in said paragraph, Their marital status is also indifferent. for the purposes of establishing their condition.”
“To this end, and only in the absence of a widow, widower or cohabitant, with the right to them and other minor or disabled sons or daughters, from the age of 18, the sons and daughters of the deceased will participate in the perception of the benefit of the Honorary Pension of Veterans of the South Atlantic War,” the document stated.
Ex-combatants accuse Milei of wanting to “de-malvinize everything”
This Wednesday, the president of the Confederation of War Veterans of the Argentine Republic, Ramon Roblestargeted the presidential candidate of La Libertad Avanza (LLA), Javier Mileyand accused him of trying “to make people forget regarding the Malvinas.”
“If we want to negotiate our Islands, tomorrow we are going to want to negotiate Patagonia, we are going to hand over part of the country, and I believe that this candidate What it does is prepare the ground to de-malvinize everything and make people forget regarding the Malvinas.“said Robles during the 35th Congress of the Confederation in the Parque de la Constitución in Santa Fe.
Regarding the position expressed by the libertarian on several occasions, the president of the Confederation assured that the ex-combatants feel “very great pain” and remarked that “If the Malvinas are in the spotlight today, it is because of the work of the ex-combatants centers“If not, they would have been two lines of history.”
“We feel great pain because we cannot conceive that someone who denies the Islands might have come to fight for the presidency of the Nation. We hope that the people do not give him the vote and that they think and understand that in order to achieve democracy there was 632 companions who left their blood in the Malvinas,” he added.
During the opening of the Congress, Agustín Rossichief of staff and running mate of Sergio Massa, and the chancellor Santiago Cafiero signed the “Santa Fe Act”, which states “that They commit to continue reaffirming and sustaining Argentine Sovereignty in the Malvinas IslandsSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich and the corresponding maritime and island spaces.
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