“Piñera opened the way for a modern and democratic right”, says Boric at the funeral

The Chilean president, Gabriel Boricdefined this Friday the former president Sebastian Piñera as a leader who “paved the way for a modern and democratic right” and assured during his state funeral that the former president who died in a helicopter crash “never shied away from giving advice, despite the public differences we had in the past” . ””.

“He was a man who always put Pepper forward, who never let himself be carried away by fanaticism or resentment. “All of us in politics should take note of these virtues,” express Boricbefore recognizing that reaching the Presidency would be “allowed us to better understand Sebastian Piñera and to the presidents who preceded him.”

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Boric, who as a congressman was a staunch opponent of his predecessor, said that reclaiming his legacy is about “embracing understanding and acting with a sense of urgency and pragmatism”and assured that “He was a resilient leader, who knew how to change road map when necessary.”

“Sebastian Piñera He served his country with love. “The time will come to reflect on the shadows and lights that he had like every public man, but today is not the time for that”, added the ruler.

Piñera governed in the non-consecutive periods of 2010-2014 and 2018-2022 and, among the successes of his legacy, the salvation of 33 miners arrested for more than two months in the mine Holy Joseph or the advance acquisition of coronavirus vaccines during the pandemic.

One of the darkest points of his administration was the wave of protests in 2019, which left thirty dead and accusations against the security forces for human rights violations.

The repression of the marches earned him an indictment in Parliamentwhich did not prosper, and the opening of an investigation by the Public Ministry, a case that Piñera’s defense asked on Wednesday to be closed.

“During his government, complaints and recriminations “Sometimes they went beyond what was fair and reasonable,” Boric stressed, in statements that immediately aroused criticism from sectors of the more radical left.

After an emotional hug to the widow and former first lady, Cecilia Morelthe ceremony ended with a symbolic “Guard of honor” led by Boric himself and former presidents Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1994-2000) and Michelle Bachelet (2006-2010 and 2014-2018), who accompanied Piñera’s coffin for a few minutes, the first right-wing politician to come to power after the military dictatorship.

Cabinet Ministers Boric, as well as the remaining powers of the State, representatives from across the political spectrum also participated in the ceremony. The one who finally did not participate was the former president Ricardo Lagos (2000-2006), who last week announced his retirement from public life and this Friday took a leave of absence due to health problems.

After this gesture, the procession left for the Cathedral Metropolitanwhere the archbishop of Santiago, Fernando Chomalicelebrated a mass.

Afterwards, the procession will pass The coin (government headquarters), where the guard Palace and your own Boric They will pay you a last tribute and the tour will end at the cemetery Memory Parkwhere the body will be buried in the family crypt.

pineappleone of the region’s greatest fortunes, he is the second former president to die after the return to democracy in 1990. The first was in 2016 the Christian Democrat Patricio Aylwinleader of the Chilean transition.

His unexpected death caused profound shock in the country and led thousands of citizens to say goodbye to him at the public wake held in the former Congress of Santiago.

The helicopter that pineapple piloted raced over the Ranco Lakean exclusive resort more than 800 kilometers south of the capital, where he spent his summers with his family.

The three people traveling with him, including his sister Sconethey managed to save themselves and Prosecutor’s office It is still investigating why the ship fell into the water.

Source: Elcomercio

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