Deputies seek agreements to repeal another DNU of Javier Milei: it allows the Armed Forces to intervene in internal security

The decree, which carries the signature of Petri himself along with that of Javier Milei and Guillermo Francos, establishes the regulations for the operations of the Armed Forces in “peacetime” without the need to determine the state of siege, and includes the “protection of objectives of strategic value, susceptible to threats or attacks of external origin” and the possibility of “proceeding to the temporary arrest of people.” Their efforts, which must have coordination between the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Security, will also be endorsed by the “Joint Operations Commandwhose owner is elected by the President of the Nation.

In August 2024, a project with similar characteristics was presented by the national Executive and defended by Petri in the Deputies’ commissions. “The Armed Forces are vertical, they do not work by consensus“They have to be subordinated to the law and the Constitution mainly,” he assured at that time, in front of the internal forces existing in the forces, and assured that the troops would receive “a procedure, preparation and training” so that they “Do not intervene blindfolded or with the Constitution turned off.”

The initiative that sought to reform the Law 24,059 on Internal Security It was displaced from the priorities of the ruling party due to the disagreement of the deputies and those invited to the debate in committees. That was the case of Juan Martin Paleograduated from the Military College in 1983 and head of the Armed Forces in the period 2020-2024, considered that “the bill is unnecessary, because with the current framework in force the Armed Forces can be usedprior declaration of the state of siege“. He also asked for caution, because otherwise ““We’re going to release the Rottweiler.”

Deputies seek to repeal DNU 1112/2024

Days after the sanction of the DNU 1112/2024members of different legislative blocks expressed their intention to repeal the presidential decreefor which a majority is required in both Houses. There were even two formal presentations to discuss its elimination on campus: one from Santa Fe Esteban Paulón (Federal Meeting) and another from Buenos Aires Vanina Biasi (FIT).

“The repressive combo of decrees 1107 and 1112 opens the way for the Armed Forces and the army to intervene in internal repression“, Biasi considered on social networks and opined that the definition “could be applied to militarize, evict and repress occupations of factories or workplaces with the Army.” “These decrees, which violate the Internal Security law, also legalize the possibility of dictating a state of siege without going through Congress“he added.

For his part, the man from Formosa Fernando Carbajal (Democracy Forever) pointed to Scope that “this decree corresponds to a extremely dangerous attitude in any context and even more so for a government that has defined any protest as terrorist social or any claim that was made around Congress. “They do it outside the law because the truth is that they are forcing interpretation and “application of laws to an extreme that is incompatible with the National Constitution”he analyzed.

The man from Santa Fe positioned himself along that same line. Eduardo Toniolli (Union for the Homeland)who criticized that the decrees “They divert our Armed Forces from their main mission, national defense, so that they carry out tasks typical of the provincial police. and the federal security forces.” Then, he listed on his social networks: “Degradation and deprofessionalization, non-compliance with salary hierarchy, budget underexecution, liquidation of FONDEF and the defense industry: Milei’s defense policy is a logical consequence of its servile alignment in international matters“.

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The opposition adds intentions to repeal another executive decree.

Ignacio Petunchi

DNU 1112/2024: the most important points

Within the decree published on December 20, 2024, it is established that the Armed Forces “They are the essential component of the National Defense System” and that “his actions, in deterrent against threats, or effective against attackswill be arranged depending on the external origin of said threats or attacks, regardless of the place of occurrence.”

It is then that they define what will be considered as “threat”: “All actions or explicit messages carried out by potential opponents that, having the capacity, show the intention or give indications of the probable occurrence of damages against the vital interests of the Nation.” Regarding the “aggressions”more specific parameters are established: “Execution and consummation of an armed conflict or warthat come from Armed Forces or foreign parastatal organizations, from terrorist organizations or other transnational organizations.”

Likewise, it is proposed that “operations that require the cooperation and complementation of the Armed Forces and the Security Forces They will be coordinated by the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Security“and that their range of action reaches”terrestrial, maritime, river, aerospace and cyberspace spaces and in the field of the sovereign electromagnetic spectrum and of national interest“In this way, the possibility is hinted that those in charge of intelligence tasks of the Armed Forces function in cooperation with police forces.

For his part, the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces “will be responsible for the use of the means assigned to him in peacetime, for which he will exercise functional control, with the authority to issue orders” and the Forces “will provide their own security and protection, repelling aggression.” The decree emphasizes the “complementation” role that they would occupy, although this transcends the international sphere and borders: if this is defined by the ministers and the representative of the Armed Forces, Interventions may be made in cities for indefinite periods of time.