ARA San Juan: Macri promised to search the submarine until they can find it – 15/11/2018

"How sorry I can say nothing that will allay the pain!", Said President Mauricio Macri to relatives and friends of the 44 crew members of the ARA San Juan, in a brief speech in which He promised to continue searching for the submarine "until we can find it" . An exact year from the moment nothing was heard from the submarine, the seafarers' recognition ceremony and the president's words have not finished shaping families. "We want you to not lie to us anymore." they said.

Information Bulletins Clarín

Planeta redes | We tell you the most shared stories on Facebook and trends on Twitter and Instagram.

Every week.

In addition to the President's promise, Vice Admiral José Luis Villán, Chief of the Navy, was put into effect. Clarín : orders all naval units of the Argentine Navy to sail in transit near the last known position of the ARA San Juan and, search its background. "It is imperative that the Argentine Navy continue research" submarine, he explained.

The ceremony was held on the main square of the naval base of Mar del Plata, a few meters from the ARA San Juan . his position. In principle, there was a private mbad in the chapel of the military domain, where the most moving scenes took place; Here the press did not have access The President arrived with military punctuality by helicopter at the agreed time to begin the tribute.

Parents and friends, some 300 people between what is in Mar del Plata and those from different provinces, waited for him wrapped in Argentine flags with messages of encouragement for their people, dressed in the shirt that they wore. the picture of the sailors, in silence.

"It's been a year since the sinking and we remember all the Argentines. We will not leave them. We will continue to search until we can find, "said Mauricio Macri, who praised" the courage and professionalism of each of the 44 crew members ". Accompanied by Ministers of Social Development, Carolina Stanley, and Security, Patricia Bullrich; Defense Minister Oscar Aguad and Secretary General Fernando de Andreis.

The President stressed that his government had "an absolute and non-negotiable commitment to the search for the truth", and recalled that in the coming days, the Defense Ministry commission to investigate the disappearance of the submarine would make its findings, referring to the judge of the case, Marta Yáñez "We are committed to the truth", badured.

But relatives are not afraid of agree with the speech. Moments earlier, as part of the act, Corporal Hugo Aramayo's father, Juan Aramayo, had read a message on behalf of the rest of the families. He asked Macri "to commit, from truths, without lies or false expectations" to to draft a law guaranteeing that "research will never be abandoned" of ARA San Juan.

They also requested that the force's budget be increased "for the proper maintenance of ships" and the safety of seamen. "We want to clarify to countries and the world that this law is not interpreted as a closure because we will continue to insist and demand research," said Aramayo.

"At that time we watched the sea every day in the hope of seeing them arrive." Tears of despair, pain, uncertainty and despair have fallen on us, "said Aramayo, who also said they would" continue to engage their current and future comrades. " to comply with the legacy that a sailor never abandons another sailor. "

The youngest force diver, Lucas Ortiz, delivered Captain Ciro Oscar García Repetto, the flag of war of the ARA San Juan. "I want to tell you," said Macri, "that I have the deep hope that this flag will be planted in the sea in days, in memory of our 44 crew members will remain forever in the memory and in the hearts of the Argentineans. they are an example to us all of what it means to serve the country. "

The initial ironing of the ship was identical to that used by the seafarers during their Last October, before the closing, gunfire was fired, and the naval ships moored on the base dock sounded its sirens, a gesture that was repeated at the same time in the strong units of the country. [19659009] The concentration, parents, brothers and wives of the sailors broke down.Many said to their quarrel: "The act was empty, we returned to lie in the face," he said at Clarín Yolanda Mendiola, mother of Corporal Leandro Cisneros. "It's a lie that he was with us from the first day (Macri), he gave us 45 minutes on February 6 from Casa Rosada then we spent 52 days in a tent on the Plaza de Mayo to take care of us "

Marta Sandoval, the mother of sonarist Celso Vallejos, also criticized the president: "What came here to do is a shame, he came to do nothing, a clown" And the father of Master Corporal Sergio Antonio Cuellar, Francisco, told this diary that the act was "pretty much the same." He asked "what they hire" because "he's n & # 39; There is nothing in words, they are carried away by the wind "

Mar del Plata. Correspondent