2023-11-12 05:31:33
A few days before the elections, different organizations expressed why they consider that on this occasion what is at stake, beyond who will be the next president, is the continuity of democracy.
“The signatory civil society organizations see with concern how the electoral contest is taking place in the midst of proposals and speeches of hate and political violence, offensive and discriminatory,” almost thirty non-governmental and human rights organizations from different points stated in a statement. from the country.
“In these elections, let us keep in mind forty years of learning as a society,” continues the text signed by, among others, institutions such as Amnesty International, Caref, the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS), the Latin American Justice and Gender Team (ELA). ), Greenpeace and the Huésped Foundation.
The message continues remembering what the country experienced in these four decades. “We have learned to respect differences, to value the plurality of voices, to prefer dialogue to violence. The democratic pact was synthesized in Never Again, and from there we have advanced in more rights for more people,” they stated.
Figures from culture and art joined this idea with a “Walk for Democracy”, which was organized by, among others, Mauricio Kartun, Alejandro Dolina and Alejandra Darín. Artists consider that democracy “is in danger”
In this case the signal is clearer: they consider that Javier Milei represents that danger. In the mobilization, which advanced along Avenida Corrientes and Callao to the Obelisk, leaflets were distributed in support of the Union for the Homeland formula.
In the announcement of the call, slogans were read such as “No to authoritarianism. Yes to Social Justice. No to the sale of organs, yes to life.
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