Government This Sunday, Javier Miley officially denied the figure of 30 thousand missing. during the last Argentine military dictatorship (1976-1983), after a video circulated on social media claiming that the number was “made up.”

On Remembrance Day, 48 years since the country’s last coup d’état, the Casa Rosada – the headquarters of the executive branch – broadcast a short documentary in which a former partisan claimed to have invented this number, while he was exiled to the Netherlands, and called it “a big deal.”

Luis Labranaa former rebel member of various paramilitary organizations such as Montoneros, said that “It was a big event regarding missing people,” but the number “was created in Holland.”

“We went to visit the prime minister’s wife and some MPs to ask for money for the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, “They came because they wanted to create a place where they could take their children,” Labrana began to say.

According to their version, about 4,000 people were missing at that time and that the Mothers, naming this figure, were told that they could not talk about genocide and They asked them to come back later when they had more.

In this sense, the former partisan noted that while they were discussing, the number was determined: “They talked about barbarism and Someone said 30,000, as if to say: “well, cut it, put it at 30,000.” It was me”.

This figure has become a public consensus, after the return of democracy and was supported by various political groups and all human rights organizations in the country, including the Grandmothers and Mothers of Plaza de Mayo.

According to Labranha’s story published by the Miley government, This “intensified hatred and began to obscure the true story.”

“The figure of 30,000 was false, I put a number and no one can argue with me, and no one comes to discuss this with me. Was this a mistake? No, at that time it was not a mistake. Was this intended to be a mistake? Yes, of course, it was a big mistake. Because it was a flag of lies and meanness,” he concluded.

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As part of the Day of Remembrance, Truth and Justice, Argentine Vice President Victoria Villaruel, one of the main promoters of the discussion on the number of missing people, shared another video in which she asks the question “compensation for victims of terrorism.”

“Human rights concern everyone. Memory too. Truth, justice and reparations for victims of terrorism. The perpetrators of these crimes cannot go unpunished. It wasn’t 30,000,” he wrote on his X account.

The publication was made this Sunday morning, when public, human rights, trade union and political organizations They were preparing to mark the 48th anniversary of the last military coup in Argentina.

Grandmothers and mothers of Plaza de Mayo demand a law against denial

The Grandmothers and Mothers of Plaza de Mayo demanded law against officials who ignore “crimes” and “victims” military dictatorship (1976-1983).

Leader of the “Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo” Stela of Carlotto, He read out a document prepared jointly with various human rights organizations to mark the Day of Remembrance of Truth and Justice, in which he criticized Argentine President Javier Miley and Vice President Victoria Villarruel for their “provocations.”

“The constant provocations of the government of Miley and Villarruel They violate all international agreements which have constitutional status, and we continue to demand legislation against officials who cover up crimes and their victims,” De Carlotto said on stage in the Plaza de Mayo to a crowd of people attending the commemoration event.

“Argentine democracy has a huge debt to restore the identity of about 300 people, most of whom, born in clandestine maternity hospitals during the dictatorship and today adults aged 43 to 49 years.. Let’s all help the grandmothers and their legal families find them,” he added.

For its part, the appeal of the Mother of the Plaza de Mayo Linea Fundadora, Tati Almeida questions the government’s “persecution” and “slander” political and social opponents, which “has again become everyday practice.”

“They launched a repressive protocol aimed at interfere with the legitimate right to social protest. Protecting people detained across the country is an expression of intimidation as a state policy,” he said.

Almeida was responsible for closing the event, which also The event was attended by political, social and trade union groups.

Finally, the Nobel Peace Prize. Adolfo Perez Esquivel He read his own document during an event during which he questioned the government and rejected “denial and apology for state terrorism”, noting that “30,000 people are missing.”

“We remind this government that it must remember that a more just and fraternal society cannot be built on the basis of hatred, repression and revenge. We remind representatives of the people, deputies, senators that you are obliged to reject the DNU (Decree of Necessity and Urgency) and the Consolidated Law as unconstitutional,” he said.

After the event, Villarruel launched a new post on his X account, where criticized De Carlotto.

“Carlotto, no one voted for you, Voted for Javier Miley. Respect also the Argentines who said no to you. It wasn’t 30,000,” Villarruel concluded.

(according to information from EFE)