2024-09-19 23:39:45
The Supreme Court explained in its rulings that the exhibition of the portraits of the members of the Military Junta does not constitute a tribute, but is only part of the record of those who were part of the High Command of the Carabineros and the Navy.
The Third Chamber of the Supreme Court, composed of magistrates such as Angela Vivanco and Mario Carroza, revoked the decision of the Court of Appeals ordering the Removal of the portraits of José Toribio Merino, César Mendoza and Rodolfo Stangeleaders of the military dictatorship, of the Navy and Carabineros departments, respectively.
This, after the appellate court accepted in first instance rulings the protection appeals presented by lawyer Luis Mariano Rendón, president of the Historical Memory Foundation.
The Supreme Court explained in its rulings that The exhibition of portraits of members of the Military Junta does not constitute a tribute, but is merely part of the record of those who were part of the High Command of the Carabineros and the Navy.
After learning of these resolutions, Luis Mariano Rendon He told EFE that “Oil portraits of people are not commissioned simply to record their existence, facial features or anthropometric characteristics. These are works of art that seek to enhance the image of certain individuals and are displayed as such. No one has asked that the photographs of these individuals that may exist on their resumes be removed. These are historical records that must be preserved.”
The position of the Supreme Court and Angela Vivanco was questioned by the ruling party, where Deputy Lorena Fries (FA) indicated on her social networks that it is “a tremendous setback that will only allow the exaltation of figures from the dictatorship. It is worrying how denialism and this cultural regression have permeated the institutions of our country.”
For her part, her independent colleague Consuelo Veloso told CNN Chile that “it is re-victimizing for the victims of the military dictatorship. It is a tremendous damage to the necessary reparation and reconciliation, for the victims and for these young people who, with their work and with a deep sense of patriotism, do the work of raising the image of institutions that, due to these criminals, was tarnished for decades.”