This Wednesday, Vice President
Victoria Villarruel led a tribute in the Senate for veterans of the Malvinas War
, in which she presented honorary diplomas to a dozen former combatants. During her speech, she called to
"recover respect" for the Armed Forces
and
reiterated the call for unity that President Javier Milei
made at the event this Tuesday. In addition, she was moved by the intervention of a veteran and gave recognition to the son of Ricardo Akins, the former combatant who was murdered on Saturday in Lanús.
Villarruel,
daughter of retired Lieutenant Colonel Eduardo Marcelo Villarruel
, who was the second chief of the 602nd Command Company and died in 2021,
was very emotional
throughout the tribute, and especially during the testimony of
Owen Guillermo Crippa,
a lieutenant who Until today he was not recognized as a Malvinas veteran.
After the delivery of diplomas, part of the "Malvinas week" organized by the vice in the Upper House, Villarruel spoke in a brief speech. "This tribute is unique.
There have been 42 very hard years of de-malvinization, of oblivion, of indifference
. 42 years in which these men did not receive the embrace of Argentine society that they so deserved. The cause of Malvinas was used for political interests" Villarruel began.
The official thanked Milei for choosing the daughter of a veteran as his running mate and reiterated the President's message to "put Argentina back on its feet."
"One of the causes we have to work on is Malvinas.
It is the cause that unites all Argentines
. It is the only one in which, whatever ideas you have and regardless of the sector you belong to, you will know that
the 2 April Argentina did the right thing, which was to defend its land
," Villarruel analyzed.
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The Vice President referred to Javier Milei's speech on April 2 and assured that "it is the cause that unites all Argentines."
Along these lines, he asked to "recover respect for our Armed Forces, the respect that the Argentine people also owe to the heroes of the Malvinas. We must work together to
get Argentina out of the mud in which we have been mired for decades.
We were not born to to be on my knees," he continued.
Villarruel's words aligned with those Milei made this Tuesday, when he called for a new era of "reconciliation" with the Armed Forces. “The Nation must be a protagonist in international trade and must also have Armed Forces capable of defending its territory against anyone who tries to invade it. "No one listens to or respects a country that only produces poverty and
whose politicians despise their own forces
," the president argued.
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The Vice President, in her speech after the delivery of honorary diplomas to Malvinas veterans, thanked Javier Milei for choosing her as his running mate.
“Let us inaugurate
a new era of reconciliation with the Armed Forces
that transcends this government. An era that pays sincere tribute to its Heroes, giving the Armed Forces the recognition and support they deserve,” the president proposed.
Villarruel presented a diploma to the veteran murdered in Lanús
The first to receive an Honor Diploma was Bruno Akins, son of the ex-combatant who
was murdered this Saturday during an attempted robbery in Lanús
. Ricardo Akins, 64, was part of the Amphibious Commando Group, with which he served in the Malvinas and participated in the operation called “Rosario” during the war. On Saturday, Akins was unloading objects from a truck while carrying out private security when he was
approached by two thieves who struggled with him. One of them shot him in the head and he escaped
.
“It is very hard as there are more and more people who go out to do harm, how many families there are like mine destroyed, the laws must be changed, there is no other way. These people don't respect anyone, they go out to hurt people, to kill. When are we going to say 'enough'? ”Declared Brian Akins after the death of his father. "
On April 1 he embarked and on April 1 we buried him
," he lamented.
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The decoration, presented by Victoria Villarruel on behalf of the Upper House, was received by her son Brian.
This Wednesday, the Senate presented a diploma of honor to Akins, whom it highlighted for his landing in the early hours of April 2, his "courage and leadership" when he took the English prisoners, lowered his flag and raised that of Argentina. "Ricardo Rubén Akins
was cowardly murdered by common criminals without God or Country
," the Senate announcer stressed before presenting the mention.
Brian Akins, through tears, hugged Villarruel after receiving the diploma and
said a few words in his ear. The vice president, heartbroken, had a brief conversation and then hugged him again.
After the event, they were also seen having a face-to-face conversation in the room where the diplomas were awarded.