Leandro boyer
08/14/2020 - 17:11
- Clarín.com
- Politics
The authorities of Juntos por el Cambio criticized President Alberto Fernández on Friday for stating that "there is no quarantine" against the coronavirus, despite the fact that the Preventive and Mandatory Social Isolation (ASPO) scheme was extended until August 30.
"Do we have quarantine or do we not have quarantine? I don't know what it means to not be quarantined and to be locked up for five months . It is a contradiction," the head of the PRO, Patricia Bullrich , told Clarín .
Also consulted by this means, the president of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), Alfredo Cornejo, was "surprised" by "the amount of contradictory things" expressed by the president.
"They are not consistent with reality. The truth is that I don't quite understand it. That is, there is a quarantine but there is no quarantine. So why can't we go to public shows, to watch over loved ones, to school, to universities, Why can't you play soccer, don't practice team sports, why public and interurban transportation are restricted, why aren't there flights, "questioned the ex-governor of Mendoza.
Patricia Bullrich. (Photo Germán García Adrasti).
The president of the Civic Coalition (CC), Deputy Maximiliano Ferraro , spoke online , who also considered that the statement of the Head of State is contradictory . "They say this because they already know that there is not much social margin, " he assessed.
Both spoke this way after the act led by President Fernández to announce that the ASPO, which was launched by a Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) on March 20, would remain until August 30 and with the same conditions in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA).
" We continue to talk about quarantine without there being quarantine . The reality is that now it is in our hands to take care of ourselves. It no longer depends on a political decision," Fernández said.
However, the leaders of the opposition coalition Together for Change not only questioned his words but also ratified his criticism for the lack of a program to guarantee the gradual reactivation of the economy.
"We hurt the economy, we hurt the health of the children and we did not quarantine . The truth is, I do not understand it because we did not do one or the other. We are in a gray, half way and we are as we are. And now we are going to continue the same, that is, for the eighth time we continue with the same, "added Bullrich.
Ferraro added that the national government should apply the "start-up plan designed by the head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, and his Minister of Health, Fernán Quirós." That is our model and we believe that it is the way, "he remarked the leader of the CC.
Alfredo Cornejo. (Photo: Lucía Merle)
"That a sector of the population does not comply with the quarantine does not mean that we are not in quarantine," said Cornejo and lamented that the national government " does not want to accept that such a closed quarantine, unlike other countries, has not yielded results" .
Bullrich also rejected the expressions of the President, who dismissed the opposition's claims against the extension of the restrictions. " Do not confuse us ," asked the head of state.
"The President confused me. I was honestly confused by him and the lack of precision to say that we are fine when five months ago the cases have been growing. That is the confusion that people have, who wonder if they can work or not, if they can circulate or not, if we are in quarantine or not. It is not understood, "replied the former Minister of Security.
Maximiliano Ferraro. (Photo: Andres D'Elía).
In this regard, Cornejo added that " here the one who speaks all day is the President and if anyone has the capacity to confuse it, it is him ."
Although the Head of State assured that his government never restricted freedoms, Ferraro reiterated the complaints that they promote from Together for Change.
" With fear and restrictions on freedoms and rights, it is not going anywhere . It is not the way out. Here we are all committed to the care and health of all Argentines," he added.
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