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The position of a libertarian reference in Argentina regarding the claim of sovereignty over the Falkland Islandsunder British rule, unleashed a strong controversy in the South American country this Monday, in the midst of the campaign for the presidential elections next October.
The economist Diana Mondinocandidate for deputy Freedom Advancesthe formation led by the presidential candidate Javier Mileistated that the “rights” of the islanders, a thorny issue in Argentinawhich ignores the validity of a referendum held in Falklands in 2013.
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“The rights of the islanders are going to be respected, they must be respected and they cannot be disrespected. The concept that one can impose on people what they can do or what they should do is extremely feudal and naive.“Mondino said in an interview with the British newspaper The Telegraph.
Leaders of the ruling party and other opposition sectors came out to question the statements of Mondino, who, if Milei becomes President, could become Argentina’s Foreign Minister.
“Mondino spoke of the principle of self-determination of peoples and we have always considered the islanders as an established population. It is not a population native to the Malvinas”, said this Monday the Chief of Staff of Argentina and candidate for vice president, Agustín Rossi.
In radio statements, Rossi asserted that Mondino’s position “offends all Argentines and slaps all ex-combatants”.
“What Mondino is doing is handing over the Malvinas. And he is failing to comply with the national Constitution, which establishes that the rights over the Malvinas are inalienable and obliges every government to claim sovereignty of the Malvinas.“, he pointed.
For his part, the former Federico Pinedoreference of the presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich (Together for Change, center-right) in matters of international affairs, also expressed their differences regarding Mondino’s statements.
“It would be important to understand what those ‘islanders’ rights’ would be. We have always said that it is appropriate to respect their interests and the Constitution clarifies that it is their way of life“, said Pinedo on the social network X.
In 1982, Argentina and the United Kingdom They fought over the Malvinas in a war that ended with a British victory and took the lives of 649 Argentines, 255 British and three islanders.
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In 2013, 99.8% of the nearly 3,000 islanders, descendants of British settlers, voted in a referendum in favor of maintaining the status of the archipelago of the South Atlantic as an overseas territory dependent on the United Kingdom, a consultation that Argentina has always called illegal and of no value for the International right.
The Argentine Constitution reformed in 1994 “ratifies” the “legitimate and imprescriptible sovereignty” about the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Southern Sandwich and maritime and island spaces.
“The recovery of said territories and the full exercise of sovereignty, respecting the way of life of its inhabitants, and in accordance with the principles of international law, constitute a permanent and inalienable objective of the Argentine people.”, adds the Argentine Magna Carta.
Source: Elcomercio
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