In a historic vote, the right last Tuesday supported a declaration from the Chamber of Deputies that speaks of “military dictatorship” when referring to the regime of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990), and asks the Government to adopt measures to seek “ truth and justice” regarding the crimes against humanity that occurred in that period.
The big surprise of the day was that Chile Vamos and the Republican Party were part of the 146 votes in favor that gave unanimity to approve the proposal, promoted by the Socialist Party bench.
In Ñuble, center-right representatives highlighted the political gesture.
“The objective of this project, which was unanimously approved by Republicans and the Communist Party, is to finish once and for all the identification of the remains and bones that exist of the disappeared detainees, and not to prolong the discussion or this situation that produces pain. to the families who are looking for their relatives,” said RN deputy, Frank Sauerbaum.
The legislator also justified the resolution by arguing that “the objective is that there is no political sector that is permanently taking advantage of this situation, and therefore, the intention of approving this draft resolution asking the President is to accelerate the procedures.” with greater efficiency, with greater concern. The human rights organizations themselves have said that this and the other governments have acted with apathy and, let’s say, too slowly in identifying the remains.”
Regarding the term “dictatorship”, Sauerbaum stated that “we may or may not share the semantics involved in the drafting, but ultimately whether it is said military dictatorship or military government was not very relevant to what was finally requested in the request that It was done through this resolution of the Chamber of Deputies. The request is basically to soon end the discussion of the remains of the missing detainees, to promptly identify them to benefit the families who are looking for them and also to be able to definitively close this issue in the country, which has been an open wound for 50 years.
According to the deputy of the Social Christian Party, Sara Concha, “no one can deny the possibility that if there were acts of violation of human rights, truth and justice could be found, above all, for the relatives of those people who They are still looking for their loved ones. Obviously this is very biased by a very left-wing sector in Congress, but I would still call on President Gabriel Boric, that just as he is asked, he can make his availability to seek the truth, seek justice for the events that occurred. “In an important period in the history of our country, it can also put all the forces and resources necessary to confront the security crisis that we are already experiencing today.”
Move towards unity
From Evópoli, its regional president, Alejandro Mellado, maintained that “without a doubt, the unanimous and transversal approval of the draft resolution is a tremendous signal from our political path. Although it is true, some sectors of the right did not agree with the concept of ‘dictatorship’, today a powerful intention to advance the unity of our country is evident. What happened in the Chamber of Deputies points to what the country and citizens are requesting, that, in the hands of our legislators, the Executive Branch and the Judicial Branch, instances for truth and justice be generated.”
He added that “Evópoli considers that this is a significant advance from the Legislative Branch to the Executive, in this case to President Boric, who is asked to manage the legislative measures in procedural matters, for the delivery of reliable background information, as well as, Said draft resolution requests the Minister of Justice, Luis Cordero, to take the necessary actions before the Supreme Court so that judges specialized in human rights have access to all available resources. “Chile deserves to move forward in unity and vision of the future.”
Meanwhile, for Amarillos for Chile, “the causes of human rights violations are highly sensitive and, of course, very important, because they cannot be committed for any reason or by any regime. Political violence, which is the ideological foundation of some groups, must be overcome due to the damage it has brought to the country, and because it corresponds to failed intellectual structures widely surpassed by history. This led to the institutional breakdown of 1973, where some tried to establish some order with excesses, and others tried to maintain a revolution equally with excesses. From then on, the list of victims is long enough from side to side. Both the Pinochet dictatorship and the chaotic Allende regime are highly questionable, the consequences of which we have to this day,” said the regional president of the community, Reinaldo Figueroa, who hopes that now that the draft resolution on this matter has been voted by the Chamber of Deputies, “it does not serve to continue dividing Chileans further, and instead, it manages to give certainty to those affected”
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