Adaptation of real events, real historical records. In 1988, after 16 years of military dictatorship (two eight-year terms), Pinochet was forced to agree to a referendum under pressure from the international community. Under the repressive rule of poisonous vegetables for many years, the opposition has been subjected to bloody and violent suppression for a long time, with deaths, catches, and escapes. Although the general public is dissatisfied with the status quo, they have no alternative. I thought it was a game to legitimize the illegal warlord government. Unexpectedly, through the alliance of various opposition parties and the joining of advertisers, through carefully designed political demands and creative propaganda programs, with extremely limited resources, it won the support of the majority of voters. On October 5th In the referendum, he said no to the poisonous people and rejected Pinochet's re-election with a support rate of 54%, creating conditions for Chile to end the poisonous tyranny and move towards democracy and freedom. The interpretation of advertising to save the country is too superficial, this is only a factor of success, not even the most important factor. At the critical moment, the various opposition parties in Chile gave up the fight for the door and formed the NO alliance. Unity is strength. More importantly, Chile has a long tradition of democratic politics. Before Pinochet's 9/11 coup in 1973, there were already 16 elected presidents. The awareness of democracy and freedom is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even after Pinochet's continued iron-fisted repressive tyranny for 16 years, the fire still cannot be extinguished.
There is a key event in the film that is not mentioned: when the statistics of the election results are completed but have not yet been announced, Pinochet could not accept the results, and prepared to repeat the tricks and launch a military coup, but was opposed by senior military generals. Especially the Air Force Commander. In this case, Pinochet reluctantly agreed to accept the election results and transferred the presidential power to the elected president in 1989, but still retained military power until 1998. In addition, through the 1975 Amnesty Act and life-long senator qualifications to obtain immunity and evade legal sanctions. Although Spain and the United Kingdom arrested Pinochet later, due to various reasons, until the poisoner died, he did not accept legal sanctions and historical trials.
One-person, one-vote universal suffrage is the nemesis of the poisonous vegetable system. Even a pretentious universal election can lead to the demise of dictatorship.
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