The social crisis in Missions it gets worse. The Legislature It had to meet behind closed doors and with an imposing police operation that began on Wednesday. The teacher mobilization and other sectors that demand a 100% salary increase was harshly repressed by the police, after overcoming the quadruple fence placed at the access. On this occasion, the troops who also ask for an increase in their salaries did not participate in the protest. The photographer of Infobae He was hit by tear gas.
It was a very intense 25 minutes. The massive march They arrived at the House of Representatives at 6:30 p.m. and went straight to trying to cross the first line of the fence. They achieved it after ten minutes of struggle, before the eyes of the security forces deployed behind.
The breaking of the first fence in the central area distracted the police and the protesters were able to enter from the side a few minutes later. The advance guard of the protest was face to face with a front line of the uniformed men. Behind them they were preparing the infantry troops with shields.
The protesters were able, after some struggles, to overcome the first resistance. Then he acted Special Operations Corps (COE). First he withstood the onslaught. And then he recovered positions spewing gas. Due, Blas Martínez, Infobae photographer, was affected. The deterrent action ran towards the street to the group that had overcome the fence.
Afterwards everything was as it was at the beginning: the teachers and other groups of workers outside, the police at the entrance. And the legislators inside. Several teachers scolded the police They were in a side fence. They reproached them for the lack of solidarity they had received in the camp at the Command. Workers from the health together with the different teaching groups. The teachers are affiliated with some guilds, but the majority are self-organized.
The protest took place when night had already fallen over Posadas, under an overcast sky that dropped an intense sky. Every now and then, when a teacher approached the COE positions, the police used gas again. “I am 63 years old. I am a retired teacher. They threw gas in my eyes. “This is the first time this has happened in many years,” Olga told Infobae when the worst was over.
The 107 (rapid response) units located on site They served about 20 people. Most of them with eye problems from the irritating gas that the police threw. One of them had to be referred to a hospital. due to intense itching.
There were also two cases of high blood pressure and one person who suffered a nervous breakdown. When they were taken out, the protesters threw some sticks and objects at the police shock group. One of the nurses told Infobae that, to overcome the effect of the gas, physiological solution was applied to those affected.
