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Jorge Macri defended the actions of the City Police with the picketers: “The State has to establish order” - Infobae
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Jorge Macri defendió el accionar de la Policía de la Ciudad con los piqueteros: “El Estado tiene que poner orden”
“Tenemos que volver a vivir en un país normal, donde circular sea un derecho que está al mismo nivel que el de manifestarse,”, expresó el jefe de Gobierno porteño
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March 19, 2024
“We have to live again in a normal country, where movement is a right that is at the same level as demonstrating,” said the head of the Buenos Aires government.
Jorge Macri, head of the Buenos Aires government
After a new day of pickets and incidents, the head of the Buenos Aires Government, Jorge Macri , defended the actions of the Buenos Aires City Police against the protesters.
The so-called “national picket” carried out this Monday by the social movements that make up the Popular Economy Workers Union (UTEP) and leftist organizations ended with three injuries and incidents on the Saavedra and Pueyrredón bridges.
At mid-morning, almost simultaneously , sources of tension arose in the pickets taking place on the Saavedra and Pueyrredón bridges .
After 11 o'clock, the Police of the City of Buenos Aires decided to advance on the protesters who were demanding food for dining rooms and picnic areas with Infantry personnel and hydrant trucks with the aim of clearing one of the cuts. The protesters were protesting on the border that divides the Federal Capital from the province of Buenos Aires (Cabildo and Maipú avenues) and reported that they were repressed at a time when they were expressing themselves peacefully.
The total blockage of Maipú Avenue began a little before 10 in the morning , but at no time did the protesters try to reach the City of Buenos Aires. However, the troops advanced with a hydrant truck to the jurisdictional limit to neutralize that possibility and doused the crowd with water.
During the morning there were incidents between security forces and protesters
After the protests, Jorge Macri highlighted on his social networks: “Order is not negotiated . Thanks to the professional actions of the Ministry of Security and the City Police, this morning, we prevented various columns of picketers from entering the City of Buenos Aires.” “For our team, it is a priority that there is peaceful coexistence between those who need to move freely to work and study, and those who want to demonstrate,” he added in his X account.
Last night, in television statements, he said: “The State has to order. Today the order was to guarantee circulation. I think we achieved it. The national government took charge of Puente Pueyrredón. We take other accesses to guarantee that they cannot enter.”
Macri acknowledged in turn that "we create a complication for the merchant who is there, but we are also telling the province 'hey, take care of the other side too.'" For the PRO leader, Axel Kicillof's Government not only does not take charge, but "it makes a show of not having a clear anti-cutting protocol because it is repressive."
“The State has to guarantee a balance of rights. There is a right to demonstrate, but there is a right to circulate ,” he insisted.
In this framework, he announced that he will send “criminal demands” to those who manage to identify as aggressors of the security forces. “We have to live again in a normal country, where one cannot attack the police, where movement is a right that is on the same level as demonstrating, being able to work, study or simply walk down the street,” he said.
The hydrant truck was the protagonist of the security operations
Macri celebrated that since he has been in charge of the Executive Branch of the City, “there have been 284 attempted cuts” and many were deactivated. “This shows that when there is a political decision it is possible.”
In dialogue with TN , he emphasized that we must “end the intermediation” of social organizations: “If someone needs help from the State, it has to come directly. There is no need for anyone to represent him in his poverty, because he also uses him. “It is the degradation of the crisis, those are the managers of poverty.”
In line with the libertarian story, he pointed out that “it would be interesting” to be able to implement that “he who cuts does not collect” state assistance. “I don't know how it's done, but it would be good for the national government to do it,” he concluded.
