President Alberto Fernandez said this Saturday in Luján that the Argentina “needs to end disagreements and recover peace” as well as “to end drug trafficking and work for the fallen” for this problem, while he highlighted the figure of Pope Francis as “the greatest moral and ethical leader the world has”on the 10th anniversary of his pontificate next Monday.
This was stated by participating this Saturday in the Cabildo de Luján de la signing of the commitment “Not a kid, not a girl less for drugs”a campaign promoted by the Federation of Hogares de Cristo presided over by the priest Jose Maria “Pepe” Di Paola within the framework of the celebrations for the 15th anniversary of this initiative promoted by the priests of the villas and for the 10th anniversary of the pontificate of Pope Francis.
“The 40 years of democracy commit us, they force us to be part. Argentina needs to end the disagreements and recover peace. It is necessary to end the grievances, the insults, the high-sounding voices so that we can listen and speak to each other again. End drug trafficking and help the fallen,” said the President in his speech.
Among those present at the Cabildo de Luján was part of his cabinet like Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero; the ministers Eduardo ‘Wado’ de Pedro, Victoria Tolosa Paz and Gabriel Katopodis; as well as the Nobel Peace Prize, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel; the Secretary of Worship, Guillermo Oliveri, the Argentine ambassador in Brazil, Daniel Scioli, and leaders such as Fernando ‘Chino’ Navarro, Federico Pinedo, Julio Piumato and others social and union leaders.
Also transmitted a Message from Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner -who signed the pledge during the week in his Senate office – in which he stated that he warned that “addiction is a drama and a social tragedy” and highlighted the importance of the State “recovering the territory” in areas like Rosario and others in the country, affected by drug-trafficking violence.
“Recovering the territory is not a military concept, but rather recovering the role of the State in those vulnerable places,” said the Vice President in her message, after this week the national government sent a reinforcement of federal forces to Rosario and it will be announced that troops of the Army Engineers Company will participate in the urbanization of popular neighborhoods.
On the other hand, in his message, the President said that Pope Francis made him “reconcile with the Church” and stressed that he is “the greatest moral and ethical leader that the world has, who dared to question the financial and capitalist world,” on the 10th anniversary of his pontificate next Monday.
“It is a moral imperative to be here today”said the President after signing the commitment and stressed that both the work of the Pope and that of the priests of the villas “reconcile him day by day” with the Church.
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The Hogares de Cristo – which brings together neighborhood centers that provide a comprehensive response to people with problematic consumption of psychoactive substances – were promoted by then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, have the support of Cáritas Argentina and this year celebrate their 15th anniversary.
The campaign proposes the elaboration of public policies that serve all the people who are consuming in their own neighborhoods.
“We promise to work together for the freedom and independence of young people enslaved by the problematic consumption of addictions in situations of vulnerability,” says the commitment signed this Saturday by the President and the other leaders present at the event.
