After canceling the parade on July 9, the government reviews the pay increase of the army

In the middle of the
strong military malaise for the meager salary increase given to the army, sources close to the defense minister,


Oscar Aguad
confirmed at
THE NATION that the government decided
suspend for budgetary reasons the procession of 5600 soldiers scheduled for next Monday in the city of Buenos Aires, for the Independence Day.

"The mobilization of troops, military vehicles, airplanes and helicopters has exceeded $ 10 million and the government has seen fit to avoid this expense, as part of the resource savings put in place for the future. the whole of the national administration, "official sources revealed

A more austere parade of 700 soldiers will be organized in Tucumán, in central act of July 9, which will head on Monday the president


Mauricio Macri
who ordered Aguad to find a solution to the military demand.

Due to the presidential instruction, Aguad and the Minister of Finance,


Nicolás Dujovne
they focus their energies on a revision of the criteria for the wage improvement resisted, which included an increase of 8% of the lower cadres and a fixed non-remunerative amount of $ 2,000 in July and $ 4,500 in August to the officers superior, the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army and his equivalents in the other forces.

They could define, according to what happened, a general increase of the order of 15%.

The revision of the increase to senior officers, that according to Joint Resolution 2/2018, made public Tuesday by the Treasury and Defense, receive only a lump sum and a whitening of 3% of its badets, involves a negotiation between Dujovne and Aguad for about 500 million dollars, as he could know
THE NATION . Macri follows very closely this management,

"It was a technical mistake, which generated strong distortions, because a greater number of times would charge more than a lieutenant-colonel," he admits in


Ministry of Defense
Anticipating that there will be news in the coming hours

The government's urgency is to find a more homogeneous formula before the celebration that Macri will visit Tucumán. Military sources have even stated that the date of the Armed Forces Fellowship Dinner, which usually takes place around July 9th, has not yet been defined.

"It will depend on the agenda of the president," he said. Joint Chiefs of Staff, while other military sources have attributed the lack of definition to the discomfort due to the wage recomposition.

One of the main military complaints is the application of fixed sums that flatten the salary pyramid of the military structure. in the controversial increase was relegated to the top military leadership, the defense minister allowed to transcend among his staff who maintains his decision to gradually reduce the wage gap that separates the military forces security, which have just received a 15 percent increase. A federal police officer, for example, bills almost twice as much as a member of the armed forces.

Near Minister Aguad, it was emphasized that the de-prioritization and the delay of military pay were "one of the forms of stigmatization". "that the Kirchner government enforced, with the arrests."

The argument with which they are trying to convince the military personnel is that when the previous government ended, 40% of wages were black. "With Macri, three points a year have been laundered and today this percentage is 25%," he explained. This figure does not, however, compensate for the discomfort caused by the latest wage recomposition.

In this delicate context, a parade of 5600 men was scheduled Monday on Avenida del Libertador, from Salguero to the Argentine country. Polo

Cadet and aspiring schools of the three forces were to participate, as well as the cavalry on horseback of the Military College, the commandos of the army, the regiments Patrician Infantry and Horse Grenadier, the Fanfarria Alto Perú and the veterans of war, among others.

Instead, he opted for a more limited civilian-military parade in Tucumán, with troops from Mountain V Brigade units based in that province, Salta and Jujuy. In parallel, in Córdoba, there will be a military stop of about 2,500 soldiers, with local garrisons, organized and funded by the provincial government.