Judges Arslanian and Gil Lavedra recalled their role in the ruling against the dictators

2023-09-21 01:22:00

At the relaunch event of The Judgment Diary with which the Trial of the Military Juntas organized by Perfil Educación was covered, the judges Ricardo Gil Lavedra y Leon Carlos Arlanian, They left their message onl find.

Currently, Dr. Gil Lavedra is president of the Public Bar Association of the Federal Capital and consulting professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires. Furthermore, in April of this year he released his book “The brotherhood of astronauts. The Trial of the Boards inside”, where he tells what those months of work were like in 1985. At the event he said: “I find it moving to be sitting here in the company of my friends in the same place where those historic hearings were held. The trial was a great collective work, in addition to the substantial contribution is the bold decision of Raul Alfonsinwithout which there would have been no trial.”

Ricardo Gil Lavedra in the relaunch of El Diario del Juicio

At the same time, I add that many contributions were needed to be carried out: “The decision of Congress, the CONADEP report, that the Chamber got together and organized a colossal trial in a period that today seems impossible to me, 14 months of time. duration of the process. The great task of the prosecution and its team, the courage that many witnesses had, who came to publicly expose in front of a court, the sufferings they had suffered. The chamber staff fulfilled an extraordinary task with militancy, commitment and tenacity”-

The Judgment Diary

Within the framework of the relaunch, he thanked journalism and especially Editorial Perfil: “Because what was happening in this courtroom had to be disclosed, the publicity of the trial, which in that context was dampened, which is why the chronicles acquired enormous relevance. The Judgment Diary accomplished a remarkable task.”

Judge Arslanian also gave a speech in front of more than 150 guests: “When we began the trial, we were full of doubts, doubts, concerns about what would happen with what we were doing. There was not an enthusiastic public asking for Justice, there were grieving mothers who asked for justice. A government that had made a brave decision. Raul Alfonsin He had the courage that others did not have, to judge the past, to not conform. “The value of memory, the need for memory, the existence of organisms”

Relaunch of The Judgment Diary
León Carlos Arslanian in the relaunch of El Diario del Juicio

Like dr. Gil Lavedra, Arslanian thanked the journalistic work: “Our guarantee that people believed in the nobility of the objectives of the trial was that it was disseminated, that people could appreciate what had happened, for this wide channels of information were necessary. diffusion, which were represented by the press. The trial diary It brought not only an account of the statements, but also an opinion that highlighted details that could not reach public opinion without the publication of the newspaper. Thanks to that, new testimonies appeared. “To conclude, he expressed:” The community demanded truth, justice. Jorge Fontevecchia had that initiative that never disappointed, the newspaper operated regularly and I fervently celebrate this new initiative to republish it.”

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