translated from Spanish: Piñera called to reflect on the “causes and consequences” of the coup

President Sebastián Piñera referred to the commemoration of the 46th coup of 1973, in a day when La Moneda decided not to perform an official act. Piñera said that “I want to call to reflect on the causes and consequences of 1973, to learn to draw lessons and to act with attachment to the value of democracy, institutions and respect for human rights.” The Chair further said that “the vast majority learned from the mistakes of the past and not to repeat them in the future. That’s the only way we’re going to be able to move forward.” In a brief intervention, Piñera said that in the face of the acts of the coup “we have two options: to move forward, to widen the differences and to deepen the divisions” or “to learn from our history”. Of that last alternative, the ruler said that “that is the right way.” “We have no right to beade those same divisions and hatreds to our children,” he said. The Representative asked for respect “at all times, place and circumstance of the DDs. Hh. of our compatriots,” as well as “banishing violence, demagoguery and populism as a tool of debate.” In his brief address, President Piñera also called for “practicing dialogue and civic friendship as fundamental elements.” Just as the breakage of democracy was a defeat for that generation, the recovery of democracy and the three decades of progress is a clear triumph of our generation,” the President said.

Original source in Spanish