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At the end of his term, former President Aylwin, in an interview with the newspaper Le Monde, reproduced by the Santiago newspaper El Mercurio on April 30, 1994, praised the figure of Augusto Pinochet as a sort of guarantor of the transition: "If Pinochet had not been there during the transition, we would have had in Chile attempts of insurrection carried out by subordinates, "painted faces" as was the case in Argentina".

At the end of his term, former President Aylwin, in an interview with the newspaper Le Monde, reproduced by the Santiago newspaper El Mercurio on April 30, 1994, praised the figure of Augusto Pinochet as a sort of guarantor of the transition: "If Pinochet had not been there during the transition, we would have had in Chile attempts of insurrection carried out by subordinates, "painted faces" as was the case in Argentina".

Later, in Japan, he declared that "during my government, General Pinochet fulfilled the task of Commander-in-Chief of the Army, subordinate to the President and respectful of the constitutional order" (La Época, July 9, 1994).<ref name=GobMilitar/>

Later, in Japan, he declared that "during my government, General Pinochet fulfilled the task of Commander-in-Chief of the Army, subordinate to the President and respectful of the constitutional order".<ref>La Época, July 9, 1994><ref name=GobMilitar/>

The same year he also stated "What I have said and continue to believe is that Pinochet did not try to co-govern since I assumed the Presidency. He told me: 'As a military man, I know how to command and obey. Now you are the President and I obey you. We had disagreements, naturally, but in short, he never tried to intervene in the orientation of my government's policy, he never disobeyed. The image of General Pinochet with which I left the Presidency, of his conduct during my government, is not the one I could have feared when I took office".

The same year he also stated "What I have said and continue to believe is that Pinochet did not try to co-govern since I assumed the Presidency. He told me: 'As a military man, I know how to command and obey. Now you are the President and I obey you. We had disagreements, naturally, but in short, he never tried to intervene in the orientation of my government's policy, he never disobeyed. The image of General Pinochet with which I left the Presidency, of his conduct during my government, is not the one I could have feared when I took office".

On 1995, in a speech given to the Gulbelkian Foundation in Lisbon, he said that "the Chilean dictatorship was not that of a charismatic caudillo, like so many in the Third World, but the institutional government of the Armed Forces". He also said that during the Military Government "not everything was black", and highlighted works such as "the economic reforms of reorganization, liberalization and opening of the Chilean economy".

On 1995, in a speech given to the Gulbelkian Foundation in [[Lisbon]], he said that "the Chilean dictatorship was not that of a charismatic caudillo, like so many in the Third World, but the institutional government of the Armed Forces". He also said that during the Military Government "not everything was black", and highlighted works such as "the economic reforms of reorganization, liberalization and opening of the Chilean economy".

He added that "beyond my political differences with General Pinochet, as a ruler I believe that his presence contributed to the fact that we did not have any episode of that nature in the Chilean transition", and that "I never saw any danger of a possible rupture of the institutions during my term of office".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elquehaydecierto.cl/noticia/sociedad/las-frases-historicas-de-patricio-aylwin-sobre-augusto-pinochet-y-salvador-allende|publisher=QueHayDeCierto|date=April 21, 2016|language=es|title=Las frases históricas de Patricio Aylwin sobre Augusto Pinochet y Salvador Allende}}</ref>

He added that "beyond my political differences with General Pinochet, as a ruler I believe that his presence contributed to the fact that we did not have any episode of that nature in the Chilean transition", and that "I never saw any danger of a possible rupture of the institutions during my term of office".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elquehaydecierto.cl/noticia/sociedad/las-frases-historicas-de-patricio-aylwin-sobre-augusto-pinochet-y-salvador-allende|publisher=QueHayDeCierto|date=April 21, 2016|language=es|title=Las frases históricas de Patricio Aylwin sobre Augusto Pinochet y Salvador Allende}}</ref>