02/24/2020 - 18:13
- Clarín.com
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Following criticism from various sectors of human rights, President Alberto Fernandez apologized for calling "turn the page" in relation to the military dictatorship: " I never wanted to cause the slightest pain , " he said.
"Days ago, on the occasion of firing a military contingent that was leaving on a peace mission to Cyprus, I hinted that now all of the FFAA (Armed Forces) officers had emerged in democracy," the president said through of a thread of messages posted on your official Twitter social network account.
The head of state recalled that during that speech delivered last Friday in Campo de Mayo, he celebrated "that fact."
Days ago, on the occasion of firing a military contingent that was leaving on a peace mission to Cyprus, I hinted that now all the official status of our armed forces had emerged in democracy.
- Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) February 24, 2020"From now on, we should not analyze whether any of our officers participated in the systematic human rights violations that were part of the genocide suffered by our country between 1976 and 1983," he said as he reviewed his address.
And in that sense, Fernández added: "That's why I said we could 'turn the page'. Among our officers there are no longer active or complacent participants in State terrorism."
The President acknowledged having mentioned the word "misconduct" when referring to many officers who "in the past were part of that perverse action," in reference to crimes against humanity.
"These misconduct were heinous crimes that determined horrible and unforgivable sufferings to thousands of people," said the president.
The referent of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Founding Line, Nora Cortiñas, was one of those who raised her voice against those statements: "I totally regret and reject all the President's expressions. I had no need to express myself this way, by obligation That is why I think he is a denier, and I am very sorry. Besides, according to him, we have to turn the page and kill our detainees-disappeared forever, when the fight cost more than 40 years. "
And then he continued: "I believe that as never before, Mr. President participated in any activity in defense of human rights, he will certainly be a good labor lawyer, but we have never seen him or shared any activity in defense of human rights. , I had no need to give those expressions on the spot with the military who show him in the open, "he said.
That is why now Fernández came to clarify the situation: "I have seen that my words have hurt the sensitivity of the victims. I never wanted to cause them the slightest pain. They know that in me they only have someone who will always accompany them in the search for truth and in the imposition of justice on the guilty, "he said.
In that line, Fernández explained that in these messages he tries to formulate a "clarification before the reproach that some victims of the dictatorship" made.
"I see that he doesn't use the relevant words. Sorry for that. But I don't want anyone to doubt my commitment in favor of truth and justice," he said.
"Throughout my life, as a man of law that I am, I always struggled because the law and punishment prevail as a way to repair the crimes against humanity that have been committed to the detriment of the inhabitants of our country," said Fernández.
Finally, he assured that he did not want to "go astray before the just complaint", and that he did not want "an error of mine to divide us."
I don't want to be distracted by the fair complaint. May a mistake of mine not divide us. No one doubts where I stand. Let no one believe that I deny the horror lived. As always we must be united so that the "never again" that we proclaim is "never again" in Argentina.
- Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) February 24, 2020"That nobody doubts in which place I am standing. That nobody thinks that I deny the lived horror. As always we must be united so that the 'never again' that we proclaim is 'never again' in Argentina," he pointed out.
Days ago, the President led, together with Defense Minister Agustín Rossi, the farewell ceremony of a new contingent of Blue Helmets, which for six months will serve in the United Nations Force for Peacekeeping in Cyprus (UNFICYP ).
In that context, he said that the country has "Armed Forces fully integrated into society" and, in that sense, considered that "all of Argentina must turn a page, a page that distanced us a long time due to the misconduct of some" , in reference to the last military dictatorship.
"It is the first time that this can be said and I celebrate it, and it is not detrimental to anyone because the vast majority of officers, if not integrity, in these years served to improve Argentina's institutionality and also worked for democracy ", Fernandez remarked on that occasion.
Source: Télam