Franco Giummarra
04/29/2020 - 11:05
- Clarín.com
- Society
The release of Buenos Aires prisoners with risk factors for the coronavirus generated a stir in recent days. There are many who disagree with a house arrest order and fear that there will be a massive release that affects the security of society. So, on www.change.org, a website where requests for "social change" are made, a user asked "NO TO THE DEPARTURE OF PRISONERS !!!" , already has more than 205,000 signatures in less than three days and seeks to reach at least 300,000 at least.
The request was created by Pedro Pedmar (its user is Pedmar Ar) and directed it to the Judicial Power of the Nation. "I am not against the improvement of prisons, but not that they give prisoners freedom," he began in his brief. The petition was supported by Matías Bagnato, a survivor of the Flores massacre, and Viviam Perrone, the mother of Kevin Sedano, who was hit in Olivos in 2002 by a motorist.
Then, he continued: "If a person who goes out without authorization can be delayed, why should a criminal who committed a crime go out? And let's think about this ... Cassation is asking for those who committed federal crimes (drug trafficking) to also leave , crimes against humanity, tax evasion, human trafficking, extortion kidnappings, contraband, organized crime, among others) and I also say, because they are freeing rapists, murderers, thieves, who live a few blocks from those who were their victims " .
He also referred to the lack of electronic anklets and expressed concern. "I do not agree with the release of these people, it is said that no one is going to be able to control them because there are not enough electronic anklets. And then? They are released so that they do not become infected, but as always, human rights are not so human and they forget that there are many more of us who suffer robberies, now we will not only be victims of this pandemic, but we will also be victims of these people who had no problems stealing your salary at a bank leak, in killing for 100 pesos, in beating a defenseless grandfather, in raping his 13-year-old neighbor, "the user complained.
"I definitely believe that this decision is putting society at risk. An old risk, but with guaranteed freedom," he reaffirmed. To finish the post, he wrote: "I have to live in seclusion to take care of my people, and now I will have to be more careful when I go shopping or go to the ATM. They are not thinking of our families and especially our children. God, what future are we leaving ... "
This Tuesday, Pedro Pedmar published an update on the site in which he was grateful for the support and asked that "We must continue this fight !!!". "Sometimes we feel that what we do is just a drop in the sea, but the sea would be less if it lacked a drop," he wrote.
From change.org they told Clarín that it is not usual for this number of signatures to be added in such a short time: it is the one that obtained the most in 2020. They argue that it generally occurs with Justice cases that produce outrage in society and that the The scope of this request was thanks to the media exposure.
In addition, they mentioned some cases that had too much circulation in the short term. One of them was when chamberlain Horacio Piombo and Benjamín Sal Llargués were asked for a political trial, who in 2015 were in charge of issuing a ruling favorable to Mario Tolosa, accused of abusing a 6-year-old boy. They reduced Tolosa's sentence because the victim "had homosexual tendencies."
The rejection of the release of prisoners to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in prisons, as it had the support of President Alberto Fernández, was increasing. On social networks, especially through WhatsApp networks, they call a pan for this Thursday at 8:00 pm throughout the country.
