In San Félix, specifically in Cerro El Gallo, the last place in the collection route of the symbolic remains of the general was fulfilled.
Courtesy Press Government of Bolívar | They recalled the importance of Piar in the independence struggle
After two years of pandemic, the civic-military parade was held again to commemorate the Battle of San Félix and which also served to hold the ceremony of the symbolic remains of General Manuel Piar, in the Plaza Bicentenaria del Cerro The rooster.
With this act culminates the route that traveled the places where Piar waged battles in favor of the freedom of Venezuela, with the purpose of taking them to the National Pantheon on April 28.
The protocol act was attended by the governor of the state of Bolívar, Ángel Marcano; the mayor of the Caroní municipality, Tito Oviedo; the Venezuelan consul in Curaçao, Marisol Gutiérrez de Almeida; the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Pedro Calzadilla; the Ombudsman, Alfredo Ruiz; the military high command and other representatives of the national, regional and municipal public powers.
The ceremony opened with the interpretation of the national and Bolívar state anthem, to then make offerings before the statue of General Manuel Piar.
The first regional president was the one who placed the first, along with Lizeta Hernández, governor of the Delta Amacuro state; followed by the mayor of Oviedo, accompanied by the mayor of Angostura del Orinoco, Sergio de Jesús Hernández; the president of the Legislative Council of Bolívar state (Cleb), Armando Barreto; the vice president of Cleb, Yusleiby Ramírez, together with the deputy Ronald Bastardo and the president of the Municipal Chamber of Caroní, Milagros Marcano.
On the other hand, Oviedo carried out the delivery of a post-mortem recognition to Alonso Hipólito Valdez Mederico, “for his dedication to being a defender of history who was always in favor of Manuel Piar’s entry into the National Pantheon.”
The delivery of the symbolic remains of Piar, collected in Willemstad -capital of Curaçao- was given. They were received by Ángel Marcano, who in his speech said that it was a day of great “historical significance” so “we receive with love, patriotic pride, these symbolic remains that we are going to take to the National Pantheon, God through the 28th of this month” .
Subsequently, the mayor of Caroní, together with Brigadier General Carlos David Abreu Linares, as well as Carmen Rojas de Valdez, Milagros Marcano and the indigenous councilor, Yamilet Beria, proceeded to collect the symbolic remains of the ground that the general stepped on in chief Manuel Piar in Cerro El Gallo de San Félix.
Tito Oviedo stated in his speech, while handing over the symbolic remains collected at the Chirica table to Marcano, that “it is an honor to unite this land with all the lands that General Piar set foot on.”
Piar to the Pantheon
Marcano expressed that they are going to “start today (Monday) a series of activities to, on April 28, happily carry the symbolic remains of our chief general Manuel Piar to the National Pantheon, which is in Caracas.
He indicated that “justice is being done to history” because “Piar was the main protagonist of the liberation of our country, the main protagonist of the Bolivarian emancipatory deed.”
Oviedo stated that “on behalf of the Guyanese people we are grateful to our brother president, Nicolás Maduro, who committed himself to this to enforce an idea that Commander Chávez himself had already outlined, and that today with our brother governor, Ángel Marcano, the The people of Guayana are going to make it a reality for Manuel Piar to go to the National Pantheon”.
Civil-military parade
At 12:00 noon, the civic-military parade began on the occasion of the 205th anniversary of the Battle of San Félix, in which basic and university education institutions from Bolívar state, different government missions, the working class, sector health police forces and military components.
Milagros Marcano was in charge of welcoming the governor of Bolívar state, councilors, deputies, authorities and civilians present at said solemn act.
“Today with this massive participation, the patriotic people, the brave people of Guayana, are telling Venezuela and the world that we are more and more committed to independence, to the Bolivarian revolution and to the peoples who decided to be free,” he said. Marcano in his speech.
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