"We were right" | The Argentine jewish call and …

Leaders and organizations who have always questioned the leaders of the Jewish community for taking legal action against Senator and former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for signing the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran have reacted at the request made today by the AMIA to DAIA to ask him to give up to continue with this cause. The Argentine Jewish call is one of these entities. Here is the full text that the organization chaired by Jorge Elbaum announced to remedy this situation:

We were right

AMIA's request to DAIA to drop the lawsuit against Senator and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, by signing the protocol agreement with Iran, surprised several leaders and organizations criticizing the mutual for "Use the cause" of the attack in the pursuit of political interests.

AMIA's letter addressed to the DAIA, in which she asks him to withdraw from the lawsuit against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and other defendants by signing the memorandum with the 39, Iran, confirms what the Argentine Jewish call holds since its inception almost four years ago.

We said that the DAIA usurped a unique representation that did not correspond to the reality of the Argentinian Jewish community and that the process of recovery of its leadership had led to become a committee of the PRO that had contributed to senior executives such as Waldo Wolff, Sergio Bergman and Claudio Avruj, among others.

We also said that on the protocol of agreement with Iran, one could have an opinion on its legal validity and / or its political effectiveness, but that it was not a subject that could do # 39; object of prosecution and that he could advance on this path as a spearhead, as did DAIA to successfully reopen. of the cause in complicity with a judicial sector, would entail serious consequences not only for the people involved, but for the entire Argentinian Jewish community.

The terms of the AMIA letter say exactly the same thing. Let's see:

The letter says … "By renouncing this lawsuit against the senator and former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, in addition to repairing a serious error from the previous administration, the DAIA will begin to distance itself from a cause. which is in the center of the famous fissure that divides the most Argentines, division which besides does not represent us "…." It is imperative to reinforce the mechanisms to maintain the absolute independence of all the central bodies of the Jewish community of political parties or groups. " Clearly, the AMIA attributes to it, that is what we have always considered: they functioned as a PRO committee.

In another paragraph, it is written: "The DAIA must refrain from promoting the case against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for the memorandum of understanding with Iran.The revision of this terrible foreign policy decision and its historical reversal correspond to the Argentine society as a whole and to its representatives. "In the underlined sentence, it is clearly recognized that it is not in the judicial field that a foreign policy decision must be resolved. power, according to the National Constitution, of the head of the executive power.

"We believe that the maintenance of this complaint is detrimental to the community in general and particularly affects the AMIA in its specific management," says the letter addressed to the president of the DAIA. That's what we had warned from the beginning. Late recognition but welcome.

The letter also mentions his position regarding the trial in absentia of the Iranian defendants, stating that the AMIA has not pronounced in his favor, leaving the DAIA alone in such a delicate issue for the relatives of the victims. . from the attack to the AMIA who rejects him because they characterize him as a maneuver to close the cause. A conviction of the accused in a proceeding such as the trial in absentia would serve the geopolitical interests of the United States. and Israel in its conflict with Iran but not at all in the search for justice.

The Argentinian Jewish call sees in this internal agreement between DAIA and AMIA the opportunity for a broad and participative debate to be established within the Argentinean Jewish community on the causes that led to this confrontation and to draw the conclusions damage caused by the positions of the DAIA, as also indicated in the letter, and by the fundamental anti-fascist and democratic principles that led to the creation of the DAIA and by the best popular and progressive traditions distinguishing the first immigrants They adopted the Argentina as their homeland.

Marcelo Horestein – Secretary

Jorge Elbaum – President