The Board of Directors of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires has approved a resolution expressing “concern about the violation of the preliminary due process guarantees” in the Velidad case “to deny him the right to a defense and to be heard by Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.”
The body, made up of professors, students and alumni, also expressed its condemnation of “the suppression of the demonstrators who showed their solidarity with the Vice President” and rejected “the movement of the security forces in the city of Buenos Aires and its components.”
Contrary to the statement issued by the UBA government, the Social Council raised “the importance of our university actively participating in current democracy debates” and urged “the academic and scientific community of our study house, in both the relevant institution of our society, to renew its commitment to defending human rights and constitutional guarantees.”
Among the recitations of the decision, it was noted that “this analysis is consistent with the commitments of the faculty of the University of Buenos Aires, which includes within it heads and groups that scientifically study the human rights situation, as well as research centers and related projects.
The UBA administration, headed by Ricardo Gilbe, issued the following statement a few days ago: “The University of Buenos Aires will always defend the pluralism of ideas within the framework of democratic values. For this reason, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina should not rule on partisan or judicial political issues. In this sense, it refuses The University of Buenos Aires strongly manages any attempt to influence the middle of the judicial process and calls for respect for other public institutions and for coexistence with different viewpoints and opinions.” With this statement, he implicitly discusses the text approved by the Sociales.
In turn, the position of the Rector’s Office – later reinforced by similar statements from UBA Vice President and Together for Change Vice President Emiliano Yacobitti – was in response to a statement issued by the Board of Directors of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. Professors, students, and alumni of that academic unit agreed to “strongly repudiate the politically motivated judicial and media persecution against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner,” “refusing to use the judicial system to ban our region’s leaders” and “invite the community to demonstrate.”
Governments involved in the social sciences, philosophy, and arts oppose the extremist-led coalition that drives UBA and most of the university’s colleges.
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