The protest began around 13:00 and has the support of various trade union movements. The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, assured that she would guarantee “public order.”
He Javier Milei’s government will face a new parliamentary challenge in the Congress: The opposition and the ruling party will meet this Wednesday in the framework of the debate on the presidential veto to the pension reform. In this context, social movements and trade union organisations are mobilised in the run-up to the session together with the Retirees in defense of the increase provided for in the regulations.
The political panorama in the House of Representatives is counted vote by vote: the opposition expected to have about 160 votes (close to the 172 that two thirds implies), but it would remain at about 150 and the ruling party, after negotiations between Milei and the Radical Civic Union (UCR) bloc, is close to achieving the presidential veto.
It would only remain to know the loyalties of those disenchanted with the Government, such as the ex-libertarian Lourdes Arrieta or the larretist Alvaro Gonzalez, and hope that the images of police action from last Wednesday are not repeated during the session, where the demonstration of retirees will be accompanied by the CGT.
Tensions rise outside Congress
In this context, social movements and trade union organizations march alongside retirees and will try to pressure for the rejection of the veto of the Head of State. From the Patricia Bullrich’s Ministry of SecurityMeanwhile, they expect new incidents in the vicinity of Congress.
During the movement of the columns, The Prefecture also carried out a strong operation and on the highway the buses that were transporting militants were delayed. and workers grouped in the unions ATE and ATULP.
Bullrich: “Order is something that cannot be negotiated”
The Minister of Security made statements prior to the march and anticipated her priority for ensure public order in the streets of the City of Buenos Aires.
“We have a decision, that this country has public order“People can march but under certain circumstances, there is a protocol,” he said.
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Photo: Mariano Fuchila
Along the same lines, the Head of Government Jorge Macri He said: “As always, we have a third circle of security in relation to Congress. We will guarantee security and order in the City, it is something that is not negotiable. The discussion of laws must take place in the legislative sphere and should not be imposed from outside by aggressive groups.”
March against the veto: the organizations that mobilize
Various union representatives expressed their support for the retirees’ march, which will begin at 13:00, and many of them will be present in the vicinity of Congress:
- He Trade Union Front of the Union of Workers of the Popular Economy (UTEP)headed by Pablo Moyano, and the Federal Current whose main referent is the general secretary of the Banking, Sergio Palazzo, they called for mobilization.
- The Secretary General of the Autonomous CTA, Hugo “Puppy” Godoy, and the general secretary of the Argentine Workers’ Union, Hugo Yasky, They will also join the retirees’ march.
- Other groups that expressed their support were: Roundtable of Human Rights Organizations; Territories in Struggle, which counts among its representatives the leader of Libres del Sur, Silvia Saravia, and leftist organizations such as the Socialist Workers Movement (MST) and the Front of Organizations in Struggle (FOL), among others.
Source: Ambito
