translated from Spanish: Maria Paz Santibañez and Carmen Gloria Quintana: “Above the justice to the extent possible, is the universal right”

Sunday, January 27, the former cultural aggregate in France of the Government of Michelle Bachelet, Maria Paz Santibáñez, posted on Twitter a photo next to the exfrentista Ricardo Palma Salamanca and Carmen Gloria Quintana, victim of the “burned case” and added former scientist from Chile in Canada.
The publication celebrating the decision of the French courts refuse the extradition of Palma Salamanca to Chile, sparked a wave of criticism from users, who considered that the image next to the front, condemned for the murder of Jaime Guzmán, It was a “disgraceful contradiction”. They were even listed “accomplices of assassins” and justify “violence in a democracy”. In the case of Carmen Gloria Quintana, who was a victim of State terrorism during the dictatorship, they questioned his attitude under the argument that “his life is worth the same as Jaime Guzmán”.
In response to the trials and – mostly-violent – comments that appealed “to the moral”, Santibañez and Quintana released a statement justifying that the image of the celebration of the ruling “speaks of celebrating life and justice, that much is missing in this Chile that we abused”.
The former added of Bachelet’s Government, considered “above political negotiations and justice as” possible”, is the universal law, that is the fundamental legal basis for a rule of law”.
In this line, said that “it is not celebrate death”, but rather “we chose to position ourselves from the defense of human rights, the life and democracy”.
With respect to Jaime Guzmán, Santibanez and Quintana expressed the wish that his family “find peace and does not fall into small quarrels”, pointing out that French justice claimed and recognized for Ricardo Palma Salamanca “the fundamental human right: the” the right to a fair trial”.

Original source in Spanish