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The president’s announcement Raul Alfonsin from Government House to massive public that was waiting for him gathered in the Plaza de Mayo It happened on a day like today 35 years ago, in the Easter 1987.
The Alfonsín government was permanently threatened by sectors of the armed forces who refused to accept trials for crimes committed during the last military dictatorship.
A year earlier, in 1986, Alfonsín had sanctioned the Final Point Law that imposed a period of 60 days to process to the accused and if it does not occur, they might not be prosecuted later.
This measure was not enough and the following year there was a military rebellion made up mostly of young officers who called themselves “pebbled”. The ghost of facing something that was thought to have finally ended directly involved the Argentine people.
Nevertheless, the leaders of the military uprising said that the objective was not to seize state power. The carapintadas were led by Lieutenant Colonel Aldo Rico. The explanation for the uprising that he gave was that they wanted stop “the campaign once morest the army”.
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In the meantime, Alfonsín makes a decision: The then president negotiated with the carapintadas the guarantee that there would be no new trials once morest the military. Months later the Due Obedience Law was enactedlegislation that established that members of the armed forces were not punishable since they were carrying out orders from their superiors.
The uprising calmed down but some considered Alfonsín’s act as a capitulation and others praised him for having managed to avoid a confrontation. “Today we can thank God, the house is in order and there is no blood”concluded Alfonsín in his remembered speech.
