‘Omnibus Law’: Protests around the Argentine Congress after the vote on the law | PHOTOS

Almost an hour and a half after approval of the general text of the ‘Omnibus Law’ In the Argentine Congress, incidents were recorded this Friday between security forces and those demonstrating against President Javier Milei’s adjustment policies.

As happened on Wednesday and Thursday, on the other two days in which the Chamber of Deputies debated the Legal Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentines, the protesters’ attempt to move onto the road – the limit established by the protocol ‘anti-pickets’ from the Ministry of Security – led agents from the different federal forces deployed to act harshly.

Pepper spray, rubber bullets and water cannon trucks were again used against the activists, some of whom threw bottles at the motorized troops.

After the general approval of the law by Deputies, protesters defied security protocol by blocking the avenue adjacent to Congress, but the Police forced them to clear the street and remained in the square applauding to protest against the approval of the law. law in Congress.

The tension is permanent this Friday because the security forces – Federal Police, Gendarmerie, Argentine Naval Prefecture – do not give up in defending the public space, with the presence of a fire hydrant truck.

During the three days of debate, tension was repeated between protesters and security agents, who acted following the strict instructions of the security protocol implemented by the Government of Javier Mileiarresting people and attacking mobilized people and using rubber bullets, trucks with water cannons and pepper spray to suppress them.

But the police action in Congress Square during the debate on ‘Omnibus Law’ It was widely criticized by the left, by Peronism and by independent organizations such as the Public Defender’s Office of the City of Buenos Aires, which requested that the possible commission of crimes by the intervening security forces be investigated.

Source: Elcomercio

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