In a joint statement, the Seregnista Youth and the Youth of the National Movement for the Homeland announced their decision to unite to participate together in the March of Silence, which is held every year on May 20.
Despite the existing political discrepancies in the current scenario, both political youths are fully aware of the coincidences they share when defending freedom, the Republic and democracy, just as Wilson and Seregni did.
May 20 is a date on which Uruguayans remember the murders of Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Zelmar Michelini, Rosario Barredo and William Whitelaw, as well as the kidnapping of Manuel Liberoff, who has still been missing since 1976 in Buenos Aires. Through them, a symbol of democratic resistance and freedom is recognized that drives to reaffirm the unwavering commitment to memory, truth and justice.
In the statement, the youthful arms of Fuerza Renovadora (Broad Front) and Por La Patria (National Party) express their generational commitment to promote and share the fight for the clarification of the crimes committed during the dictatorship, exercising from their political forces the responsibility in the search for the disappeared detainees and generating a collective memory faithful to the historical truth.
It is important to note that this cause transcends party barriers and represents a human and national struggle. Both political groups affirm that there is no action or legal or illegal cause that can justify the systematic actions of the Uruguayan dictatorship, which persecuted, kidnapped, tortured, murdered and disappeared compatriots both in our territory and in other countries.
The State is the institution in charge of protecting the rights of citizens, not violating them. Faithfully following our history, we will continue to defend that freedom is only guaranteed under a rule of law.
Likewise, both groups state that in a free and democratic Uruguay there are no political prisoners, and they are not willing to release anyone under any circumstances alleging that condition.
At the same time, they firmly repudiated any speech that seeks to deny, ignore or minimize the bloody practices of State terrorism and its consequences. This refers to the project promoted to grant house arrest to those convicted of crimes committed during the dictatorship.
Finally, when commemorating the 50th anniversary of the coup, both groups ratify their commitment, in this very symbolic year for the fight for memory, truth and justice, to continue building bridges between youth and with other political forces. The objective is to promote reflection in the new generations and contribute
