Heard on “No Te Duermas”
On the radio show, Laura Bogado, a representative of the Assembly of Self-Convened Neighbors of Morón, spoke about the mobilization they will hold at the gates of Edenor and the petition drive for a collective lawsuit against the service cut.
Tomás Modini
@ModiniTomas
At the beginning of the interview on “No Te Duermas,” Laura Bogado discussed the mobilization: “For several weeks, we’ve been organizing this call, which first came from the members of the pensioners’ committee, who are the ones at the forefront of listening to all the issues faced by the neighbors of Morón, especially in the areas at risk of power cuts and in areas with small businesses.”
“And of course, the pensioners themselves, who are experiencing firsthand the tremendous price hikes they can’t afford with their pensions,” she added.
She also pointed out that “they were the ones who took the lead in organizing this movement, and have been collecting signatures for several weeks,” and that “they’re doing this at train stations, visiting all the commercial areas, talking to neighbors and to people selling in the squares.”
“Everyone shares the same concern that the rate hike is taking a large portion of their salary, which wasn’t the case before, and now it doesn’t even allow them to make it to the end of the month, or even to the 15th,” she emphasized.
Economic and Employment Difficulties
Following up on this, the interviewee stated: “We finish paying for services and rent, and there’s no more money left to continue living. That’s why there’s so much informal work on the street.”
“80 percent of pensioners right now are living in poverty. With a salary that most don’t exceed $300,000, even with the bonus. It’s hard to get people to attend the assemblies because they can’t get there; they don’t have the money for the transportation card (SUBE), and they can’t walk because they don’t have the means to do that either,” she said.
She also mentioned: “That’s why we’re trying to reach certain sectors that want to express their anger, that can’t take it anymore but are forced by life’s circumstances to find a way to survive,” adding that “this makes it very difficult to organize. The idea is to hold an important event so those comrades can attend, and it will be on Friday (today) at 10 a.m.”
“We want to make a strong protest against what is happening. What happened in La Matanza was driven by several city councilors, such as Natalia Hernández from the Left Front. The courts supported it, and we need Morón to lead a similar action,” she added.
Addressing the Neighbors’ Debts
In another topic, she, also a member of the CICOP union, emphasized: “Right now, the urgency is the most important thing; that’s what we’re focusing on first. We want the power to not be cut off, and that’s a very important first step. Afterward, we need to fight for those debts to be absorbed by the companies themselves. In the last nine months, they’ve had a large profit percentage, with really exorbitant numbers.”
“We also need to focus on that because it can’t be that we are constantly shrinking our own pockets looking for informal jobs while the same companies that claim to be losing money are actually making profits of up to 500 percent, like the energy companies and private healthcare providers,” she criticized.
She concluded by saying: “There needs to be a stop, and I think the first step is that they don’t cut off our service, and then we can address the issue of the neighbors’ debts, which is also important to resolve so they can have peace of mind.”
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