Gabriel Boric on Augusto Pinochet: “He was a dictator, anti-democrat, corrupt and thief”

Chilean President, gabriel boricsaid this Wednesday that Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) was “a dictatoressentially anti-democratic” and that “his government killed, tortured, exiled and made those who thought differently disappear.”

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After the controversial statements of the far-right constitutional adviser Louis Silvawho defended the management of Pinochetdescribed him as a “great statesman” and asked that “A pondered reading of his government is made”Boric referred to the former dictator through his social networks: “It was also corrupt and thief. A coward to the end, he did everything in his power to evade justice. statesman ever”he added.

Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. (Photo by CRIS BOURONCLE / AFP). (CRIS BOURONCLE /)

During the morning, the government spokesperson, camila vallejoalso expressed the “major concern” for this type of speeches and insisted on making “a memory exerciserecognize what happened in our history, not deny it, repair, point out the truth and do justice “.

Silva, a member of the far-right Republican Party and the first national majority in the constituent elections on May 7He opined in an interview that “The 17-year-old should not be simplified or reduced, with all the seriousness [de dictadura] to human rights violations because we deprive ourselves of a balanced understanding of our history”.

The statements of Silva opened a new controversy about the recent past of Chilia debate that is not closed in the country, and they coincided with the announcement by a group of pro-government deputies to present a bill that typifies and sanctions the denial of human rights violations, even with prison terms of up to 61 dayss.

Source: Elcomercio