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Line 110: − − 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".
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In the December 1989 presidential election, Patricio Aylwin won by a large margin, 55.17 %, over his closest opponent, [[Hernán Büchi]], a former finance minister and the Military Government-endorsed candidate who obtained 29.40 % and the businessman Francisco "Fra Fra" Javier Errázuriz who got 15.43 %. The coalition also gained a majority in the lower chamber and nearly half the seats in the upper chamber.
In the December 1989 presidential election, Patricio Aylwin won by a large margin, 55.17 %, over his closest opponent, [[Hernán Büchi]], a former finance minister and the Military Government-endorsed candidate who obtained 29.40 % and the businessman Francisco "Fra Fra" Javier Errázuriz who got 15.43 %. The coalition also gained a majority in the lower chamber and nearly half the seats in the upper chamber.
On 1995, in a speech given to the Gulbelkian Foundation in [[Lisbon]], Patricio Aylwin 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".
==Government==
==Government==
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".
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 name=frases>{{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 name=frases>{{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>