The Chamber of Deputies approved this Wednesday and sent to the Senate a bill to extend for four years the period that the State has to promote the expropriation of the bowling alley where Cromañón operated until 2004, when a tragic fire caused 194 deaths.
The initiative was approved by a large majority: He garnered 211 votes, while four legislators from La Libertad Avanza (LLA) voted against him.
It is about the Buenos Aires libertarians Alberto Benegas Lynch and Nicolas Emmathe Santa Fe Romina Diez and Guillermo Montenegro.
The treatment of the project was proposed by the deputy of Unión por la Patria (UxP) Paula Penaccawith the argument that it is a request from the relatives of the victims of Cromañón to be able to make that property a space of memory.
The initiative establishes that the term established in Law 21,499 to promote the expropriation trial in relation, solely and exclusively, to the declaration of public utility and subjection to expropriation provided by Law No. 27,695 is extended for four years.
In the foundations of the project, it is noted that “Cromañón not only represents a physical place, but also one of the most tragic massacres in Argentina, in which at least 194 people died, mostly young people, and thousands suffered physical and psychological trauma.” “.
“It is the duty of the State to guarantee reparatory instances that allow the collective memory to be preserved and avoid the isolation of the victims in their individual claims,” indicated the initiative.
It was argued that “creating a space dedicated to memory will help transform pain into struggle and foster a common understanding so that events like these are not repeated.”
Family claim
In October, relatives of victims of the Cro-Mañón tragedy They demanded that Congress consider the law to extend the expropriation period
”This project was already presented first in the Senators through Senator Uñac, but it has not yet been put up for discussion. The extension project with similar foundations and characteristics was presented on Monday, October 21, by a wide spectrum of deputies from different blocs and ideologies, at the request of survivors and relatives,” they said.
They pointed out, at the same time, that ‘‘Now it is a race against time to achieve the URGENT TREATMENT and to achieve the will to vote for it. “It should NOT be a problem since the expropriation law was voted by the ENTIRE POLITICAL ARC of 2022.”
“Many of these deputies and senators still continue in their positions, in addition to representing their political forces. The extension would allow for a longer period of time so that the judicial process can be completed and the club can be entered to be valued and the expropriation process can really begin. Without these conditions, all the effort of years of work will fall,” they warned.
Finally, they requested a special session or directly the treatment in the chambers of the Chambers of Deputies and Senators to approve the Extension Project presented, to have more time to carry out the expropriation and with it, the Space for memory to “Never Again a Cro-Magnon.”
Repudiation of the Cro-Magnon series
Members of the organization No Nos Cuenten Cromañón, made up of survivors and relatives of the victims, repudiated the series through a publication on their Instagram account.
“We believe that it is positive that people talk about Cromañón and that a child who does not know what Cromañón is, finds out about its existence and can become interested in the topic and try to find more reliable information through other means,” starts the document.
However, the organization repudiated “the generation of economic revenue with something that today still hurts us all.”
“We do not believe that memory must be generated at any cost,” they noted, while arguing that the trivialization of the tragedy “can remove wounds for those of us who in some way experienced it closely,” and insisted: “For this reason we make our mental health assistance program available, aimed at survivors and family members.”.
“Our life is not a movie. It’s real life. We are here to say once again ‘Don’t tell us about Cro-Magnon,'” they concluded.
Source: Ambito
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