After the death of former president Carlos Saúl Menem was announced, leaders from all over the political sphere spoke to remember him and fire him. Among them, Martín Balza, former head of the Argentine Army between 1991 and 1999, during the governments of La Rioja. “[Carlos Menem] he never intervened in a military decision, “he said.
The retired lieutenant general emphasized Menem’s “respect” for the Armed Forces, and stressed that their relationship occurred “within a framework of understanding, subordination and institutional loyalty.” “There was mutual respect and at times there was even affection from the President,” explained Balza.
In dialogue with channel A24, Balza said: “He never intervened in a military decision that could be contaminated with ideological and partisan aspects.”
Balza, who in 1995 made a self-criticism of the Army’s responsibilities in human rights violations during the military dictatorship, said: “I never agreed and I never agree with pardons and amnesties that have been useless, but knowing that it was so, he never interfered in my decisions.”
According to the Malvinas fighter, the military figure with the greatest projection in the Menem administration, “Thanks to his understanding, the second modernization process of the Army’s century was carried out”.
Former president Carlos Saúl Menem died this morning at the Los Arcos Sanatorium, in Palermo, after battling a severe pneumonia that deteriorated his health. His remains are dismissed in the Blue Room of the Senate of the Nation after an intimate ceremony reserved exclusively for his family and friends.
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