Self-convened protesters, social movements, unions and human rights organizations who mobilized this Wednesday at Congress to reject the Bases Law They were repressed by federal forces, who attacked Deputies of Unión por la Patria and even a retiree with pepper spray.
Without being able to open her eyes and wiping herself with a handkerchief, the woman gave her testimony on Lautaro Maislin’s cell phone to Of One by C5N. “I want to get my cell phone back because they pushed me. Now they tell me it’s the Gendarmerie, for me it was a police girl with the shield,” he said.
“They pushed and I fell. The girl bent down and, when she was going to reach me, a friend of hers threw gas at me. But I know who he is, I saw his face. “They started running us away,” said the retiree, who until then had not been able to recover her phone.
Around them, several protesters were treated by personnel from the Evacuation and First Aid Corps (CEPA). Minutes before, the same NGO assisted deputies Eduardo Valdés, Carlos Castagneto, Luis Basterra, Carolina Yutrovic and Juan Manuel Pedrini, from Unión por la Patria.
The uniformed men made a double cordon to surround the parliamentary building and They threw tear gas at the protesters at the intersection of Callao and Rivadavia avenues, where struggles occurred. In addition to the Federal Police, members of the Gendarmerie and Prefecture participated in the operation implemented by the Ministry of National Security.
Union for the Homeland repudiated the repression of deputies and protesters in Congress Square
Senators and deputies from Unión por la Patria denounced the repression around Congress while the Bases Law and the ruling party’s fiscal package are being debated in the Senate.
Security forces fired pepper spray and advanced on the protesters to prevent them from reaching Congress Square, where unions, social organizations, political groups and self-organized groups gathered to oppose the Government’s projects. Four legislators had to be treated for burns from tear gas.
“They are about to declare war on the Argentine people. It is a very sad day for democracy. Regardless of what happens inside the Senate, what is happening outside is terrible. If you walk through the demonstration, people are crying and asking for it to end. with this. She is scared and she is sad. It is very hard,” said deputy Cecilia Moreau.
For his part, deputy Germán Martínez expressed: “What is happening is crazy. When it was completely calm, the traffic of the deputies advanced towards the Plaza de los dos Congresos, they set up a cordon first with the prefecture and then with the federal one with absolutely unnecessary,” he said.
