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Corruption in the ruling party, the sale of weapons and organs, caring for citizens instead of criminals and even the creation of an Argentine FBI were at the crossroads of the security proposals of the presidential candidates who will run on October 22nd.
Despite the fact that in the first debate, which took place on October 1st in Santiago del Estero (northwest), the last cases of corruption that affected officialdom – in particular, which ended in the resignation of the head of the cabinet of the Government of the province from Buenos Aires, Martin Insaurralde– as soon as they appeared, on this occasion there was no shortage of allusions.
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The person who attacked first was the candidate from the Together for Change (center-right) coalition, Patricia Bullrichwho highlighted that “there is only one way to change, to put an end to ‘Insaurralde’ and the mafias that plague the country” and claimed that the Minister of Economy, the official candidate, “can’t because he is part of it”. , he is one of them.”
The former Minister of Security in the Government of Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) was combative in her stellar issue and, in addition to proposing the reduction of the age of criminal responsibility to 14 years, said that she would enter Rosario, a city in the province of Santa Fé, she was harshly affected by violence associated with drug trafficking, “with all forces, including the Armed Forces”.
Argentine FBI
In the second pre-election debate in view of the October 22 elections, which took place at the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), the current Minister of Economy proposed the creation of an Argentine FBI, an agency “with the best ” from each of the federal forces, to combat corruption, drug trafficking and human trafficking.
It was part of a proposal with two other axes, prevention and “making justice responsible” for the delay in processes.
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In turn, Bullrich attacked the libertarian Javier Milei, recalling that he “wants to free weapons”, but highlighted that in this way the weapons would end up in the hands of criminals and drug traffickers, and blamed him for proposing to facilitate the sale of organs, which “is “one of the most coveted crimes”.
The candidate with the most votes in the August primaries said that, in reality, “there is a law on weapons” that “must be complied with” because “it cannot be that criminals and citizens are armed, no” and that “no” he proposes the sale of organs, but highlights that there is “something in the middle” between the current demand for transplants and potential donors, which ends up being “corruption”.
He highlighted, in the case of insecurity, that “the role of Justice becomes fundamental in the effectiveness of sentences”, because, in his opinion, the State has embraced a theory that “changes the role between the victim and the perpetrator”. .
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Security, work and production, and human development, housing and environmental protection were the three axes of this meeting between candidates for the occupation of Casa Rosada from December 10th, which will be the last before the elections.
Source: Elcomercio
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