In an interview yesterday on Aire Libre FM , the Secretary of the Malvinas Region of Tierra del Fuego, Andrés Dachary, gave a master class on how the provincial government is evading its primary responsibility in the scandal involving the LeoLabs radar with British-Irish capital in Tolhuin . Despite widespread criticism and pressure from the United States to reactivate it, the official from Gustavo Melella's administration opted for a defensive and legalistic strategy, diverting attention from the political complicity and influence peddling that allowed the installation of the spy apparatus .

In an interview with journalist Daniel Puebla, Dachary was asked about the recent press operation by the U.S. Embassy in the newspaper La Nación to force Javier Milei's government to reactivate the radar . While he criticized the maneuver and reaffirmed the threat posed by the company due to its ties to the British Ministry of Defense, the Secretary was notably evasive when questioned by reporters about his own government's responsibility in the origin of the problem .

A "self-criticism" without explanation

When the journalist explained to him the "madness" it represents for Tierra del Fuego society that the provincial government "still hasn't been able to deactivate and order the dismantling of that radar," Dachary's response was: "Yes, of course we did a self-criticism." However, this supposed self-criticism, in three years of scandal that violates national sovereignty, never translated into an explanation of the specific events surrounding the installation.

The official was never able or willing to explain:

1 - The record speed in granting environmental authorizations and initial permits by the province.

2 - The silence about the multi-million dollar cost of extending the power lines to the El Relincho ranch.

3 - The presence of direct relatives of figures from his own party (FORJA) on the board of LeoLabs Argentina SRL , such as Pablo Bilbao , the son-in-law of former national deputy Mabel Caparros and also an advisor to the parliamentarian herself , as well as the son of the president of the Provincial Energy Directorate Juan Manccini , responsible for the energy company that brought electricity to the property, are members of the Argentine subsidiary of the British-Irish company.

4 - Why is the property rent paid abroad (Zagreb Bank of Croatia), evading Argentine and Tierra del Fuego tax control?

5 - Why Governor Gustavo Melella refuses the request of the Malvinas War Veterans of Tierra del Fuego for a technical and scientific appraisal of the radar.

The Legalist Shield vs. Sovereignty

Instead of admitting political failure and administrative negligence, Dachary took refuge in legality, attempting to legitimize an act of ceding sovereignty. He asserted that what the provincial government can do "is what the law allows," and that the radar is a "private company on private land."

"We need to rethink this; we need to change the laws. The problem is that those who should be changing the laws haven't, and this is still the case," he maintained, shifting the responsibility to the Legislative Branch, despite his own government's promise to submit bills to address the legal loopholes he now alleges .

Dachary's legalistic strategy seeks to disassociate an act of absolute violation of the National Constitution and the National Defense Policy Directive (DPDN) - which prohibits installations with British capital in the area - from the direct actions of Melella officials .

The reality is that the radar operates today as a sword of Damocles , and its continued installation facilitates military and financial pressure from Washington, as Agenda Malvinas denounced.

Evasion of dismantling

Note! The most compelling fact is that, despite the national permit being revoked and the provincial government withdrawing the environmental clearance, Melella's administration and the company are evading the physical dismantling order .

Dachary's admission that they only acted after opposition Senator Pablo Blanco's complaint, and not because of any proactive government action , underscores the lack of political will to assume the cost of dismantling the apparatus . This so-called "self-criticism" appears to be merely a discursive device to calm public outrage, without acknowledging the political responsibility of those who facilitated the presence of an Anglo-American intelligence center just a few kilometers from the Malvinas Islands .

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