the centre-left opposition refused to attend the commemoration event organized by sebastián piñera's right-wing government organizing instead a separate event. osvaldo andrade of the socialist party explained that attendance was not viable as piñera's government was "packed with passive accomplices" of the dictatorship. some right-wing politicians also declined the invitation. presidential candidate michelle bachelet planned to spend the day visiting museum of memory and human rights and commented that "it is not fair to talk about the coup as something unavoidable". president piñera held an unusual speech in which he denounced "passive accomplices" like news reporters who deliberately changed or omitted the truth and judges who rejected recursos de amparos that could have saved lives. people who knew things or could have known things but decided to stay quiet were also criticized as passive accomplices in piñera's speech.