The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayusoreaffirms in this advance of the interview with OKDIARIO his intention to attend this Saturday at the swear of civil flag provided in the Plaza Mayor of Alcobendas at 12:00 hours, despite the tensions arising with the Ministry of Defense. “I’m going to go,” said Ayuso, who explained that she was invited by the mayor of Alcobendas for months to be part of this act, and accepted “without hesitation” because he made “very excited to be with the neighbors, especially because she herself swore flag in that town. This is just an advance of the full interview that OKDIARIO readers can read this Sunday and Monday.
«It’s going to make a beautiful, sunny day, a blue sky from Madrid. And I will be with the neighbors of Alcobendas. I will be there with the protocol that I find, whatever it is, because I also assume the rules and norms where I go, with total respect, and all I want is that that day is not fogged above anything, because it is a day to remember. When one swears a flag, at least it has happened to me and many people, it is a memory forever, ”said Ayuso.
The Madrid president denounced that the central government had threatened to cancel the event if she attended, which described as an attempt to appropriate the Armed Forces by the Executive. “The Army is one of the institutions, if not the most valued together with the Crown and the Civil Guard in Madrid,” he said, adding that this type of attitudes show that “The government has already lost every limit” and is “in a very worrying authoritarian drift”.
Regarding its assistance to the swearing, Ayuso explained that the event will be held in a public square and not in a military quartering, which makes the position of the Ministry of Defense make even more unjustifiable. “We are not in a barracks, in army units,” said the president, who said he will go “with the protocol that he finds me” and “with total respect”, because his priority is that this day “does not fog down above anything” and is “a cheerful day, a holiday” for all participants.
In the interview, the president of the Community of Madrid also expressed concern about the symbolic meaning of this type of event and the importance of allowing citizens to maintain their link with state institutions. «It is beautiful to swear your flag and capture your commitment to it and with everything that the state symbols mean. That nobody has the right to tarnish it. Nor does the government, even if they think that the Army is yours, ”he said forcefully, comparing this attitude with that of authoritarian regimes where institutions are considered owned by the ruler and not the assets of all citizens.
During the interview held this Friday at the headquarters of the Madrid government in Sol, Ayuso also referred to the traditional celebration of May 2, criticizing the government’s decision to ban the military parade that had been carried out for decades. “It is an artificial fracture between the Armed Forces and the people of Madrid,” he said, and confirmed that he has withdrawn the invitation to the members of the Government for the official acts of the community party as long as the situation is not redirected.
