The Kirchnerist Protests and the Argentine Government’s Response: Economic Reforms and Social Unrest

2023-12-23 03:07:55

The Kirchnerist left, being aware of the imminent implementation of a set of economic reforms that would transform the country, organized various marches. However, both the execution and the results of these demonstrations left much to be desired.

Protests once morest Javier Milei. | Photo: AFP or licensors

Additionally, most protesters chose to march on the sidewalks, in response to the recent government order advising citizens to avoid blocking streets. This measure carried with it the threat of withdrawing social plans and other subsidies from those who disobeyed said instruction.

But the Argentine Government was not happy with this measure alone, since the protesters who participated in the first march in Buenos Aires will have to pay the expenses incurred by the security forces to protect their protest, the spokesperson stated this Friday, December 22. presidential, Manuel Adorni.

The amount of the operation in which four security forces participated – Federal Police, Buenos Aires City Police, Airport Security Police and Gendarmerie – was estimated at 60 million pesos, regarding 72,700 dollars at the official exchange rate.

That “will be the bill that is passed to the social movements,” which he will instruct “to take charge of this expense that does not correspond to the citizens,” declared Adorni.

Thousands of people demonstrated in the center of Buenos Aires in the first protest in which the “Public Order Protocol”, also called “anti-picketing”, was applied, which aims to prevent street closures.

Protesters marched once morest economic adjustment measures in Buenos Aires. | Photo: 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

“The streets are not taken… if the streets are taken there will be consequences,” the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, had said at a press conference. “We are going to order the country so that people can live in peace.”

The minister had already warned that “all costs linked to security operations, the invoice will be sent to the responsible organizations or individuals” as well as that the “social plan” (social assistance) will be removed from those who block the street .

Demonstrations by social organizations and other political groups are very frequent in the center of Buenos Aires, even with camps in the Plaza de Mayo, in front of the headquarters of the Presidency, and on Avenida 9 de Julio, the main artery of the capital.

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