2024-01-04 00:07:00
The government of El Salvador this Wednesday demolished the monument to Reconciliation, a symbol of the end of the bloody civil war (1980-1992), described by President Nayib Bukele as “anti-aesthetic” and an apology for pacts between the left and the right.
watch, currently out of office due to being a candidate for re-electioncelebrated the demolition of what he called “the supposed ‘monument to reconciliation,’” which, according to him, critical of the 1992 peace agreements, symbolized a “pact” between former guerrillas and the military which did not mean well-being for Salvadorans.
“Not only was it aesthetically horrible, but it glorified the pact between the murderers of our people, to share the cake,” he said on the social network X.
Is about three bronze statuestwo of seven meters that They symbolized a former guerrilla combatant and a soldier in fatigue clothing, unarmed.with their hands clasped releasing aluminum doves, representing the sides of the past conflict.
The third statue, 12 meters tall, is that of a mother with outstretched arms that she had on her right finger. a ring that represented society’s commitment to live in peace.
The supposed “monument to reconciliation”, inaugurated by the FMLN government in 2017; that not only was it aesthetically horrible, but it glorified the pact between the murderers of our people, to share the cake; has been demolished.
In its place, a new… pic.twitter.com/J50nDBfMyf
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) January 3, 2024
“Goodbye, blue doll, and everything you represented“Bukele wrote.
When the monument to the people’s murderers was inaugurated, our country lived in perfect democracy, there was no dictatorship, there was independence of powers and democratic institutions; the left and the right worked hand in hand. All the living forces of the country, together with the… pic.twitter.com/uno4vsUJh2
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) January 3, 2024
The Minister of Public Works, Romeo Rodríguez, said that A 2.5 km pedestrian route will be built and will be part of “the new peace and the new security that all Salvadorans live”, as a result of the fight against Bukele’s gangs.
The government of El Salvador ordered this Wednesday to tear down three statues that formed the monument to Reconciliation that symbolized the end of the bloody civil war. (Free Press Photo: Marvin RECINOS / AFP)
Under the mediation of the UN, the government and the then guerrilla of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN, left) On January 16, 1992, they signed the agreements that ended the civil war that left more than 75 thousand dead.7 thousand missing and million-dollar economic losses.
These are three bronze statues, two seven meters long that symbolized a former guerrilla combatant and a soldier in a fatigue suit, unarmed, with their hands clasped releasing aluminum doves. (Free Press Photo: AFP)
The monument to Reconciliation, which was made with keys collected by the Catholic Church in its parishes, It was inaugurated on the side of a highway in western San Salvador in 2017under the FMLN government, for the 25th anniversary of the end of the conflict.
According to the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, the statue, in addition to being “aesthetically horrible,” commemorated a “blood pact.” (Free Press Photo: AFP)
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