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D’Elía. The leader pointed to the huge deployment of federal forces to contain social protests, which caused the suspension of the announced “Matanzazo.” The measure included a camp at the intersection of Provincial Route 4 and Don Bosco Avenue, but it was not carried out to protect the protesters from possible repression.
By Soledad Martínez.
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The announced “Matanzazo” protest, which included a camp at the intersection of Provincial Route 4 and Don Bosco Avenue, was finally suspended. Natalia Hernández, councilor of the Left Front and Workers Unity (FIT-U), assured that the decision was made to avoid harming the governor of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof. However, the explanation was rejected by social leader Luis D’Elía, who pointed out other reasons behind the cancellation and launched harsh criticism of the national government.
D’Elía pointed out the huge deployment of federal forces to contain the protests. “The federal forces in Argentina today are at the service of the ruling party. If this is done by Peronism or radicalism, it is a scandal,” he said, adding that “there will be no more protests against Milei’s government, which is increasingly similar to Videla’s.”
The protest was originally planned on National Route No. 3, in Isidro Casanova, but was relocated to avoid the intervention of federal forces. However, National Gendarmerie officers, backed by assault vehicles, were stationed at the new location. According to D’Elía, this presence lacked legal support: “They sent federal forces to a province where Kicillof did not sign the Patricia Bullrich protocol. We do not understand what the federal force is doing here, without the order of a federal judge in the area.
There cannot be more authoritarianism and arbitrariness.”
In defense of the suspension, D’Elía argued that it was taken to protect the protesters. “Why didn’t we take the actions we had planned? To protect our people. We don’t want anyone to be beaten, we don’t want anyone to be imprisoned or charged for very serious and arbitrary things, like a coup d’état.” In addition, he revealed tensions between Governor Kicillof and the Minister of Security of Buenos Aires, Eduardo Alonso, who had issued a strong warning about zero tolerance towards roadblocks in the province.
The leader questioned the role of the security forces in a context that he described as repressive. “One wonders what they are doing in a place where they have no jurisdiction and could only do so with the order of a federal judge,” he said. He also launched a strong criticism of the political panorama: “All this is already starting to be a little disgusting. Are they the Gendarmerie of La Libertad Avanza? Do they use federal forces to serve the interests of the governing party? We have already seen this movie in Argentina and it ends badly.”
D ‘Elía did not mince words to denounce what he considers an authoritarian advance and the lack of reaction from the opposition leadership. “The objective is that there can be no protests against them anywhere in the country. And the leadership, the opposition, are doing well. I did not even see the left protest.”
Regarding Javier Milei’s management, the leader described the favorable polls as “fake” and summarized the current situation of the country in two words: “repression and misinformation.” In an open challenge, he said: “Take Milei out for a walk, for example, to the center of Laferrere, to see how he would fare or to any neighborhood in the Conurbano.”
Looking to the future, D’Elía announced that social organizations will begin their plan of struggle with a march planned for next Thursday to Plaza de Mayo, together with unions, social and trade organizations.
In addition, he demanded greater prominence from the political leadership. The political leadership should make a strong ‘quilombo’ in Congress. To raise the issue of what is happening with the federal forces in Argentina,” he said.
Finally, D’elia stressed that the right to protest is legitimate and warned about the consequences of repressive policies: “Milei is using force to impose a model of hunger” and sentenced: “at some point there will not be a Patricia Bullrich who is worth anything, but the people always put the dead.”
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