However, the first left-wing president of Colombia again evoked Pinochet this Monday, who died in 2006 and under whose dictatorship the Constitution which sought to change the Constitutional Convention, made up of 154 popularly elected constituents.
“Pinochet is alive in certain political sectors of America, in all those who think that you have to physically eliminate your rival. The man who ended a government by killing his president, who killed, tortured and disappeared thousands and made a constitution that is still in force, “wrote Gustavo Petro.
The president, who in his youth was a member of a nationalist guerrilla group that signed peace in 1990, is an admirer of Salvador Allendethe socialist president who committed suicide in the coup led by Augusto Pinochet in 1973.
The Colombian opponent Federico Gutierrez criticized Petro for his position against the decision of the majority of Chileans
“Pinochet died several years ago. Others want to revive him as a symbol to fill society with hatred and thus justify the supposed “changes,” the former presidential candidate reacted on Twitter.
“Dictators like (Nicholas) Mature Y (Daniel) Ortega they are alive and doing a lot of damage,” he added.
On Sunday, Chileans rejected the Constitution proposal with 61.86 of the votes compared to 38.14% who expressed themselves in favor.
Gabriel Boric, the first president with whom Gustavo Petro met after his inauguration on August 7, immediately promised to promote a new constituent process.
Source: Ambito
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