Santo Domingo.- Vice President Raquel Peña and First Lady Raquel Arbaje presented their respect and salute to the national flag this Wednesday in a colorful ceremony held on the steps of the National Palace as part of the celebration of the 179th anniversary of the National Independence.
In the solemn act, at 8:00 in the morning, the vice president received the military honors of style with a 21-gun salute and the intonation of the glorious notes of the national anthem by the First Regiment of the Presidential Guard.
After pronouncing a few words, the Vice President said she was proud to pay homage to the national flag and patriotic symbols.
“Today is a very special day for us to pay tribute to our national flag and patriotic symbols. For me it is very proud and honorable to represent our President, Luis Abinader, in this act to our tricolor flag, our Dominican flag, in the National Palace ,” said Peña.
Peña urged Dominicans to work for and for the homeland as the patrician Juan Pablo Duarte did.
He quoted the famous phrase of Juan Pablo Duarte: “Let’s work for and for the country, which is to work for our children,” to which he added, “also for our grandchildren and for ourselves.”
Citing Duarte’s phrase, he said that this is what President Abinader is doing, working tirelessly to guarantee a better country and quality of life for all the Dominican people.
He urged Dominicans to honor the symbols in February and every day.
“We have to feel proud every day, whether using a flag on our clothes, at home or in the company; every day we have to go out to work, do our own thing, with patriotic pride for the benefit of our homeland and of all Dominicans ,” added the deputy president.
For his part, the president of the Permanent Commission of National Ephemerides, Juan Pablo Uribe, highlighted the solemnity that the flag represents as a national identity based on the history of the struggle of the Dominican people.
Subsequently, Uribe presented Vice President Raquel Peña with the national flag and coat of arms in silkscreen art.
The act was closed with the interpretation of the complete national anthem, made by cadets from the different military corps of the Ministry of Defense in a choral declamation led by Brigadier General Servio Antonio Uribe Vizcaíno, ERD.
The act was attended by employees from different areas of the government house who carried pennants in homage to the national identity.
