“How can a person today vindicate the torture and perversity of the dictatorship?” Pietragalla wondered. / Photo: Archive
The Secretary for Human Rights, Horacio Pietragalla Corti, repudiated the request made by the presidential candidate of Together for Change (JxC) Patricia Bullrich to request that the removal of retired General Rodrigo Soleaga be reviewed, who claimed that the Army troops who comply code sentences for crimes against humanity, and recalled that many former militant colleagues of the former Minister of Security “were murdered in clandestine detention centers” of the last civic-military dictatorship.
“She (by Bullrich) was a montonera. She is surprised by her position because a lot of her fellow militants passed through the clandestine detention centers. They were murdered and tortured, and there were women who were raped. What is wrong with him?” Pietragalla asked himself in statements made on AM 750 radio.
The former Minister of Security of Macrismo expressed solidarity with Soloaga and said that “military sanctions should be stopped as ideological retaliation”, and maintained that the National Constitution enshrines freedom of speech,” she had written through her Twitter account. .
In an act for the day of the Cavalry weapon that took place in the Campo Argentino de Polo, Soloaga urged to remember “all the comrades of the Cavalry who are deprived of their liberty as a consequence of having fulfilled functions in the ranks of the force during a difficult time for our country.
In addition, he expressed a “permanent and renewed accompaniment in the face of these circumstances that they have to face and carry with stoicism.”
As a result of these statements, the Minister of Defense, Jorge Taiana, decided to remove the retired soldier from the Armywho was in charge of the Commission of Tribute to the Cavalry weapon.
Today I ordered the immediate removal of retired General Rodrigo Soloaga, president of the commission for those retired from the Cavalry, for apology for State terrorism.
— Jorge Taiana (@JorgeTaiana) April 28, 2023
“We congratulate Minister (Jorge) Taiana. We know what kind of man and person he is. He made the decision quickly. It must be said that not all of the Argentine Army thinks this way. (Soloaga) vindicated rapists, torturers, baby thieves, individuals who had committed this type of crime,” said Pietragalla.
“We congratulate Minister Jorge Taiana. We know what kind of man and person he is. He made the decision quickly” Horacio Pitragalla
The official explained that the removal of Soloaga is correct since someone with institutional responsibility cannot carry out these statements.
“How can a person today vindicate the torture and perversity of the dictatorship?“, he expressed.
Finally, Pietragalla assured that within the military institution “there is everything” and that there are those who think that the actions of the dictatorship “damaged the image of the Argentine Army and they carry that backpack to this day.”
