The president of the National PRO, Patricia Bullrich expressed himself on his Twitter account and asked the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Madurowho will arrive in Argentina, like several leaders of the region, as a guest at the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), to be held on January 24.
“If Nicolás Maduro comes to Argentina, he must be arrested immediately, for having committed crimes against humanity”said Bullrich. The PRO leader compared the situation of Maduro in Argentina with what happened in London in 1998, when the justice of that country arrested the former Chilean president, Augusto Pinochet.
Bullrich expressed that “Justice must act to protect the universal validity of human rights”. For its part, the Argentine Forum for Democracy in the Region (FADER), filed a complaint before the federal courts against several of the presidents who will land in Argentina for the summit.
Together with the president of Venezuela, The presidents of Cuba, Miguel Díaz Canel and of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, were denounced by FADER for human rights violationsalthough it is still unknown if the latter will be present at the meeting of the CELAC.
The Forum expressed its “deep concern” for the invitation that President Alberto Fernández made to “these three dictators”affirming that it is a “provocation for the entire Argentine society that respects, values and wants to live in a democracy,” the statement said.
