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The day of this Friday, the President Sebastián Piñera commemorated the 47 years of September 11, 1973, day in which our country lost its democracy due to a coup d’état.
In this sense, the President stated that “The events of that September 11 and subsequent circumstances still cause painful divisions and disagreements among Chileans.”
And for the same reason, in the commemorative act, the head of state wanted to highlight the lessons he left. “Today we want to remember that rupture of our democracy, to learn the lessons of that past and allow those lessons to illuminate the path of all towards a better future (…) That September 11 was a great failure for an entire society, but the exemplary way in which we recovered our democracy was a great achievement for our country. “
President Piñera 47 years after the coup: “Those of us who did live that period have the obligation to remember to learn, but also to look up to move forward.”
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Added that “there are many lessons and teachingYes, but among them I want to highlight some that are sometimes forgotten; the respect and care that we owe to our democracy and our rule of law; he full commitment to the protection of human rights in all circumstances; the value of dialogue and agreements between those of us who think differently; the value of tolerance; the value of responsibility, probity and prudence in all matters that are of public interest; the value of peace and public order and the imperative to condemn violence, in any cause, form and wherever it comes from “.
On the other hand, the President took the opportunity to call on Chileans to actively participate in the plebiscite to be held on October 25.
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“In 44 more days, we are called to participate in a plebiscite. We are convinced that the vast majority want to change, modify, improve the Constitution (…) I want to take the opportunity to do a call to all my compatriots to inform themselves, to commit themselves and to participate in a responsible and peaceful way in the plebiscite”.
In the same sense, he emphasized that “Those of us who did live that period have the obligation to remember to learn, but also to look up to move forward. Those who were not born have the responsibility of rebuilding history better, with more unity, with more civic friendship, without violence. “
Opposition and organizations pay tribute to former president Allende 47 years after the coup
The PC, PS, PPD, the CUT, and other social organizations paid tribute to former President Salvador Allende on a new anniversary of the 1973 Coup d’état, a fact that started the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
In this opportunity, 47 years after the violent interruption of democracy, militants and adherents of the party walked to the monument of former president Salvador Allende in Morandé 80 to lay a wreath.
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William Teillier, Deputy and leader of the PC, he was in charge of leading the procession, where the deceased president and the disappeared detainees of the dictatorship were remembered.
On the occasion, the helmsman took the opportunity to refer to the next plebiscite of October 25, stating that “Communists believe that we must give everything to install a new Constitution that responds to the demands of the Chilean people.
After the act of the PC, the rest of the communities came to the area to commemorate the work of the Popular Unity (UP).
Álvaro Elizalde, President of the PS, stressed that in 1973 he “he started a bloody dictatorship to impose a certain vision of the country. “
“During the UP government, ideas were developed that intended to make a more just country”Elizalde added.
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