Piñera in Araucania: "Fighting terrorism, it is defending human rights and democracy" – Policy

President Sebastián Piñera referred this morning to the situation he saw La Araucanía in economic matters and social, badysis that made during his participation in the 16th edition of the business meeting in this region.

" Araucania, without a doubt, has been the victim throughout its history of many ills, sometimes state abuse, bad public policies, broken promises, many of them. Social injustice, and especially recent times, violence and terrorism And that ended up turning this immensely rich region into the poorest region of our country, "said the president.

Despite this, the head of state indicated that the idea is that, thanks to an extraordinary development plan, this reality can be changed. "So that in a decade, we can recover the lost time", compared to the region.

The first axis will focus on "the face with great determination and the serious problem of violence and terrorism that affects La Araucanía for a very long time". The second axis aims to "launch a great regional and national agreement for development and peace in La Araucanía."

Piñera said that in terms of security, "we must not confuse or allow to confuse violence and violence, terrorism of what affects and anguish this region with the Mapuche people and the region of La Araucanía. These are two very different things. "Emphasizing that the Mapuche people" want to work and progress in peace ".

Therefore, said the President, " we will fight without truce, without quarter, with all the force of the will and all the rigor of law terrorism in this region and everywhere else in the territory of our country. "

In this line, he said that" fighting terrorism defends human rights, defends democracy, it is facilitating progress and a better future for the Araucanía, and therefore it is not only a right, it is an obligation ". In addition, stressing that the current anti-terrorism law is not working as it should.

"Unfortunately, this bill does not progress in Congress, so those who talk about legislative drought, I tell you, First of all, get to work on the many projects that we have already sent and for different reasons you can not overcome the difficulty of putting yourself on the table in the corridors of our congress, "he said. it is not a question that depends only on the law but on the will and the decision to fight terrorism.