A unit of the Army participated yesterday in a religious act in the Valley of the Fallen so that its flag was blessed in the basilica, after which the Army has opened an investigation in order to purge responsibilities, according to sources from the Armed Forces, who have explained that it is an "unauthorized" activity that was carried out during a scheduled march.
It is a military unit of the 'Uad-Ras II' Protected Light Battalion, members of the 'Asturias' Infantry Regiment 31 (RI 31), a unit framed in the 'Guadarrama XII' Infantry Brigade, located in the military base of 'El Goloso', in Colmenar Viejo (Madrid).
In a video provided by the Ciudadanos de Uniforme collective, members of the unit can be seen blessing the company's pennant. Said organization denounces on its Telegram channel that the captain of the company, which he identifies as J.L.P., annulled all the permits that people had or denied the granting of those who requested it (even when a company head does not have the power to grant or deny permissions).
He also denounces that this captain is not the first time that he has carried out an act that could threaten the religious freedom of the military under his command. Already in September 2020 he did something similar when, taking advantage of some maneuvers, he had the company's pennant blessed by the patron of the General Military Academy.
Citizens in Uniform is a group of members of the Spanish Armed Forces who have stood out for their defense of equality and democracy inside and outside the army itself
"This is what happens when no one tells the captains that the companies are not theirs, but the Armed Forces, which represent all Spaniards, not any religion or ideology," they say from this group.
EH Bildu deputy Jon Iñárritu has already announced on social networks that he will ask the Defense Minister, Margarita Robles, in the Congress of Deputies about the issue.
