Democracy is improved with more democracy
Democracy is much more than going to vote and electing authorities periodically. It is collectively building a society and a political system based on respect for diversity, without violence, where it is recognized that the path to development goes hand in hand with the defense of democratic institutions. In these elections, let us keep in mind 40 years of learning as a society. Let us not throw away the democracy we have achieved.
In these 40 years, we have learned to respect differences, to value the plurality of voices, to prefer dialogue to violence. The democratic pact was synthesized in the Nunca Más (Never Again), and from there -with difficulties and many pending issues- we have advanced in more rights for more people. This society voted in 30 elections that reliably reflect the will of the electorate. It is an electoral system we can trust.
Today, the undersigned civil society organizations see with concern how the electoral contest is taking place in the midst of proposals and speeches of hate and political violence, offensive and discriminatory.
These speeches are unacceptable and encourage us to move away from the democratic pact that we have worked so hard to uphold. The idea, which we thought was outdated, that a political adversary is an enemy takes us back to our worst times and can only bring chaos and violence to our daily lives.
There is no doubt that Argentina’s democracy has debts. Therefore, our new democratic pact, the one for the next 40 years, must incorporate bases for development and, in addition, promote practices that bring public institutions closer to citizens in order to improve the lives of all. Democracy is improved with more democracy.
- Abogadas y abogados del Noroeste Argentino en Derechos Humanos y Estudios Sociales (Andhes)
- Amnistía Internacional Argentina
- ARDA (Asociación de Reducción de Daños de Argentina)
- Asociación Conciencia
- Asociación Pensamiento Penal
- CAREF
- Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)
- Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (Cippec)
- Democracia en Red
- Equipo Latinoamericano de Justicia y Género (ELA)
- Escuela de fiscales
- Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN)
- Fundación Cambio Democrático
- Fundación Endeavor Argentina
- Fundación Huésped
- Fundar
- Fundeps
- Greenpeace Argentina
- INECIP
- Intercambios
- Nuestra Mendoza
- Poder Ciudadano
- Proyecto Educar 2050
- RACI
- Red por los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad (REDI)
- Reset, políticas de drogas y Derechos Humanos
- Salta Transparente
- Xumek Mendoza
