Colors ceremony mark the 47th anniversary of the Constitution

•  The Chief of Defence accompanied the presidents of the Congress and Senate at the ceremony held in the Congress of Deputies.

A ceremony to pay tribute to the Constitution on its 47th anniversary, organised by the Defence, consisted of a solemn flag-raising ceremony in the Congress of Deputies, on Carrera de San Jerónimo.

The Chief of Defence(JEMAD), Admiral General Teodoro Esteban López Calderón, accompanied the President of the Congress of Deputies, Francina Armengol Socias, and the President of the Senate, Pedro Rollán Ojeda, who co-presided over the raising of the flag at this solemn ceremony. Also in attendance, among other civil and military authorities, were a commission of Deputies, a commission of Senators, the Chief Commissioner of Congress, the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Staff of the Navy, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Director General of the Civil Guard.

With this flag-raising ceremony, the Armed Forces pay tribute to and express their recognition of the Constitution. On this occasion, the Air and Space Force was in charge of raising the flag. The flag-raising team was made up of personnel from the Army, Navy, Civil Guard, and National Police.

The Honour Guard was composed of:

• Squadron of honour guards from the Air and Space Force Honour Guard and Music Unit of the General Air Command
• Mixed Company, consisting of a section from the Army, a section from the Navy, a section from the Air and Space Force and a section from the Civil Guard.
• The sequence of events was as follows:
• Arrival of the Chief of the Defence at Carrera de San Jerónimo. He was received by the General Chief of the Air and Space Force Headquarters, Air Vice Marshal Alejandro Chueca Ibáñez.
• The captain of the Mixed Company reported to the Chief of the Defence.
• Arrival of the President of the Congress and the President of the Senate. They were received by the Chief of the Defence.
• Honours were rendered and they reviewed the forces.
• Raising of the national flag.
• Parade of the forces.

After the parade, the President of the Congress of Deputies, the President of the Senate and the Chief of the Defence greeted the civil and military authorities in attendance.

The flag-raising ceremony in Plaza de Colón is held monthly on a regular basis. Four times a year, it is held on an extraordinary basis and is called a ‘solemn raising’. The first of these four solemn raisings is on 15 May, on the feast day of Saint Isidore. The second is on 19 June, the anniversary of the proclamation of His Majesty the King, and is presided over by the President of the General Council of the Judiciary. The third, on 12 July, coincides with the anniversary of the Constitutional Court's entry into operation and is presided over by the President of that Court.

The solemn flag-raising ceremony on 6 December, Spanish Constitution Day, is the last of the