2024-03-22 04:05:18
The vice president Victoria Villarruel expressed against the intervention of the Armed Forces in cases of internal securityas provided by the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, and her Defense counterpart, Luis Petri, in the context of the serious situation that the city of Rosario is going through as a result of drug trafficking.
“I don’t agree, I said it in the campaign and I still maintain it. The function of the Armed Forces is not to combat civilians. I think it was clear with the ’70s theme. The drug trafficker is a civilian according to the law. In the ’70s, terrorism was fought. Where are those who fought him? Prisoners,” he stressed in dialogue with the Todo Noticias (TN) channel.
In this regard, Villarruel explained that with current legislation, if a State agent fights against terrorism “the current legal plexus does not allow it” since “the military can only fight within our country in the face of a declaration of a state of siege or against a state enemy from abroad.”
The vice president pointed out that if the law is modified, the State must support the actions of the Armed Forces and assume responsibility for the decisions made.
“In case of repelling an armed action of narcoterrorism, terrorism, organized crime or any of the new threats, the military will have state support in the order that is being given to them, because otherwise what happened later in the 1970s: a democratic government that had given an order and then those State agents were indicted. Today, for example, you have people who are paying more burdensome prison sentences than (Jorge Rafael) Videla or (Emilio Eduardo) Massera. The law is not equitable,” Villarruel reasoned during the interview conducted in the studios of TN.
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Controversies of the vice president a few days before March 24
During her first interview as vice president, Villarruel reviewed a variety of issues related to security and human rights, a few days before March 24thdate on which the anniversary of memory for truth and justice after the last military dictatorship is commemorated.
On this point, the vice president considered that “there is a morbidity with that date” and even redoubled the bet by questioning leftist organizations for a memory concept supposedly distorted by ideological bias.
“The entire left seems to lose its life if on March 24 they do not manage to have their message heard, which has been uninterrupted for 40 years,” protested the vice president and head of the Senate during her exchange with Jonatan Viale.
Furthermore, he ratified his controversial interpretation of this dark chapter in Argentine history by stating that the people detained for causes against humanity They deserve a “legal solution” since in these cases – according to their view – “the right up to limits that were not correct.”
On the other hand, Villarruel confirmed that he would have liked to take charge of the Security and Defense portfolios. “These are two areas that I am passionate about,” she said.
“The President decided no and I respected it”clarified the representative of La Libertad Avanza.
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