Far-right and ultra-liberal candidate Javier Miley denied this Sunday that during the Argentine dictatorship (1976-1983) 30,000 people disappeared, ensuring that the numbers “equal to 8753”.

“We liberals are accused of abnormal things, of fascists, fascists, Nazis, of things that have nothing to do with us. We value the vision of memory, truth and justice. Let’s start with the truth. Not 30,000 were missing, but 8,753″, was stated during the election debates held in Santiago del Estero (northwest).

In this sense, Miley stated that he is “against the one-eyed vision of history,” because he believes that in the 70s. “There was a war in which state forces committed atrocities,” while “terrorists also (…) killed, murdered and tortured people, planted bombs, caused disasters, and also committed crimes against humanity.”

Miley pointed to the circles of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Association, positioning herself against: “We also do not agree with those who used ideology to make money and run shady businesses. (…) You continue to remember history, we have come to rewrite another one.”

In response to these statements by the leader of La Libertad Avanza, Miriam Bregman, candidate of the Left and Labor Front (FIT), stressed that the number of missing people due to the dictatorship It amounts to 30,000 people and that “it was genocide.”

Miley was the candidate with the most votes in the PASO (primary, open, simultaneous and mandatory) elections held last August and aims to win the presidential election on October 22.

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Vice Presidential Candidate Miley, Victoria Villaruel, who will take over, in addition to the post of vice president, powers in the field of security and defense, there is someone close to the military sphere and had contacts with former repressors.

He recently organized an event in Buenos Aires to recognize victims of terrorism by left-wing organizations.

According to human rights organizations, About 30,000 people disappeared without trial, were tortured and thrown into the sea; The figures are controversial due to the contrast with official government data, which estimates around 9,000 missing people, and because of those who relativize the dictatorship.

In addition to Miley, four other candidates took part in the debate, with the current Minister of Economy Sergio Massaas an official candidate; Patricia Bullrich (Together for change) Juan Schiaretti (We do for our country) and Miriam Bregman (Left Front).

President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez condemned Milea’s statements this Sunday. “It is unacceptable that anyone continues to deny and justify a genocidal dictatorship that tortured, killed, kidnapped babies whose identities were changed, caused disappearances and condemned tens of thousands of Argentines to exile,” the president said on his profile on the social network X. .

Fernandez assured that “presidential debates are the ideal mechanism to find out the thoughts of each of the candidates,” so He lamented that “40 years after democracy,” “the voices of deniers continue to be heard.”

(according to information from Europe Press And EFE)