The President responded to Governor Morales about the Mapuche conflict: “Some provinces submitted to his justice”

Alberto Fernandez responded to the criticism of the Jujuy president, who condemned the “direct attack on our national sovereignty” by communities that claim sovereign rights.

October 12, 202218:32

in the midst of tensions over conflict with Mapuche communities Villa MascardiGovernor of Jujuy, Gerardo Moralespublic An open letter to President Alberto Fernandez In which he condemns the “direct attack on our national sovereignty” and asks the President “Take responsibility for this unacceptable situation personally and immediately”. The president decided to respond: via Twitter, he accused Morales, without naming him, of disobedience to the judiciary of his province.

“Unfortunately, some provinces of our country show examples where justice is subordinated to political power. served Stigmatizing people, depriving them of freedom, disregarding the rules of procedure and eliminating opponents from the political scene.Fernandez wrote. There was no need to mention Morales or any other name for him beyond these lines: A miracle roomThe leader of Tupac Amaru from Jujuy, who is under house arrest and facing several cases at the same time.

The president’s response to Morales came at the end of a series of tweets aimed at celebrating Cultural Diversity Day. “A fact, a right and a source of pride for our land,” Fernandez wrote a day after meeting with leaders of the Mapuche community in Neuquen, who are questioning a justice-ordered eviction operation against the occupation of groups identified as Mapuche. Villa Mascardi.

“Constitutional norms must be respected in the rule of law, which is also They demand the independence of the government“, said Fernandez, silently referring to Juju.

Against this, the photo of President Morales was mentioned in the letter published this morning. “If I were you, I can assure you that the situation will quickly end with the arrest of those criminals and the maximum severity of Argentine justice”, – said the president of UCR. And he added: “They do not recognize the value of our national constitution, nor our system of democratic life, and therefore do not even recognize his authority as the president of the country.”

In a letter to the president, Morales claims that “It is imperative that your government understands that the problem with these Mapuche groups, unlike other indigenous communities, is that they do not recognize the “Argentine Republic”. as a nation state. An attitude that amounts to the crime of attacking constitutional order and democratic life.

“Aton. The president, the motherland, its sovereignty, the national union and Protect their territorial integrity even life. Just as they protected him FalklandsWith the courage and dedication of hundreds of young Argentines,” he insists in another section of the letter, which spares no indirect references to the case of the social leader of Jujuy. A miracle roomArrested since January 2016 and accused of various crimes.

“I am telling you this from my experience because When I took over in Juju, we lived through the same destructive culture of violence and impunity.which prevented us from looking at it with the eyes of security, respect and solidarity”, says the radical leader.

In this sense, in the following statements Miter RadioMorales noted that Alberto Fernandez had a meeting with Mapuche representatives yesterday came the “resistance” Within the government, since, according to him, there are “institutionalized” sectors which “They are maintaining this situation which is against our national sovereignty”. “There is a dual attitude in the government and [a quienes no pudieron detener tras el desalojo en Villa Mascardi] They were allowed to escape,” he condemned.

Official meeting with Mapuche

Yesterday, during his official visit to the province of Neuquen in San Martin de los Andes to inaugurate the new building of the Ramon Carrillo Hospital, the President Alberto Fernandez had a brief meeting with members of the Mapuche community who They filed a petition demanding the release of those detained after the eviction at Villa Mascardiin Rio Negro and unification Mapuche medicine in the new health center.

They refused to be evicted from the community and believed that the president explained that He demanded that the court’s order be executed without resorting to repression. “He told us that in light of the irreparable decision to evict Justice, he recommended that Do not use firearms They did not use any kind of bullets, but tear gas,” he assured ღ Fidel Colipani, Lonco (cacique) of the Kuruhinka community, who was present at the meeting with Fernandez.

Members of the Curuhuinca community who live in areas near San Martin de los Andes, Before the action, they were located on the 48th provincial route and held up banners reading “Enough repression” and “President, you are entering Mapuche territory“, along with other slogans.

Despite belonging to a different community, the demonstrators expressed their solidarity with the detention of the women as part of the eviction. Villa Mascardiin the neighboring province of Rio Negro. Four of them were released due to their status as mothers, although three of them continue to be detained in the district unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Airport Security Police (PSA) from Bariloche, who was initially airlifted to the Ezeiza detention center.

The case of the women arrested in the Villa Mascardi conflict led to the resignation of the Minister of Women, Gender and Ethnic Diversity at the time. Elizabeth Gomez Alcorta, who resisted the actions of the security forces during the eviction in the city of Rio Negro. The president’s visit to San Martín de los Andes was his first official activity since taking office. Aileen Mazina in front of that bag.