AMLO's first 'Scream of Independence' will be broadcast on national network

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(Expansion) - On September 15, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, will reach the televisions and radios of all the homes in that country.

The Federal Government informed that the ceremony for the 209 anniversary of the beginning of the Independence will be transmitted in national chain.

The Ministry of the Interior (Segob) asked all television stations and broadcasters to broadcast their national celebrations, on Sunday, starting at 10:50 p.m. (local time).

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During his morning conference on August 14, López Obrador reported that for his First Government Report there would be no national chain, well, he said, those times are over. However, he said that for the 'Grito de Independencia' there would be, this as a way to exalt Mexican culture.

“There will be national transmission there, because not all Mexicans can go to the Zocalo. Only in those cases will there be national transmission. ”

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The president said that there would be national links on the occasion of Independence, because that would allow "to make known our traditions in Mexico, of different cultures, what we are, a cultural mosaic."

Article 217 of the Federal Law on Telecommunications and Broadcasting establishes that it is the power of Segob to order and coordinate the chains of radio and television stations, and 255 states that concessionaires are required to simultaneously transmit this information of importance to the country. .

The transmission will last approximately 45 minutes. For Monday, September 16, a military parade is planned.