One month after the unexplained death of Alberto Nisman, the story has become
all but clear.
Nisman’s life work has caused a dramatic impact on
Argentina, as his papers accusing the sitting government of a cover up of
terrorism, have been read and analysed by his successors post mortem. The reaction of the government was to deny,
deny, deny.
This was symbolically underscored by the action of the Chief
of Cabinet. Speaking on Public TV he ripped pages of the Clarin (a daily paper
which publishes opinions opposed to the government) which contained the news of
a pending accusation of the President of being guilty of an alleged government
cover up of a terrorist act against AMIA.
‘Garbage belongs into the garbage’, he said and tore the
pages to shreds. He proclaimed in the same breath that Freedom of the Press is
paramount to the government of Argentina.
Since then, the accusation have resulted that the President
and some of her colleagues have been ‘imputado’, meaning officially implicated
in the alleged cover up.
Since then comments on this affair from the government have
been absent. However, the department of Intelligence has been dissolved, and a
new one is in the making.
18. Feb 2015 – one month after Nisman was found dead, many
member of the Justicia and Fiscalia lead a march of silence to commemorate
Nisman’s Death and pay homage to him as a man and colleague. It takes place
today and starts at the Congreso, walks along Avenida de Mayo and finishes at
the Plaza de Mayo – in front of the Casa Rosada, the Pink House of the
Government. The organizers state that there are no political reasons for this
march. Argentina’s citizenship, government and press seem to differ for the
most part.
Government representatives will almost surely be absent, many
leading opposition members will march. Leading the march will be Nisman’s mother,
his ex-wife (a judge) and two daughters. Prosecutors and judgeswalk alongside
the family, and the citizenship will follow. The press will be out in force….police,
security, traffic wardens and security as well. Buenos Aires city centre will be locked to
traffic. Organizers expect 500.000 marchers,
the Metropolitan Police 300,000. The latest polls show, that 80 % are in favour of the march, 16%
against. Argentinians in foreign countries have organized marches, and a number
of satellite marches will take place outside of Buenos Aires in Argentina.
The country is divided with one third of the population
interpreting the Nisman aftermath as a judicial plot against the government,
and the other two thirds demanding truth and justice in the Causa Nisman.
The next few months may reveal what the real impact of the
march and the underlying cause are going to be. The case itself may be solved (or maybe not) despite ever increasing conflicting
evidence. The plot has thickened to the point,
that it appears almost impossible to arrive at a believable version of the
facts surrounding his death.
