The Government rejects the request of Sergio Berni and will not withdraw the federal forces of the Province

Ignacio Ortelli

02/10/2020 - 11:29

• Clarín.com
• Politics

The Government hardens its position in the internal one by the fight against the insecurity with the Buenosairean minister, Sergio Berni . After Clarín revealed a letter addressed by the official of Axel Kicillof to his national peer, Sabina Frederic , in which he accuses her of “receiving bureaucracy as the only response” to her management requests and demands the withdrawal of federal forces from the territory, official sources told this newspaper that "no action will be taken" because the letter was not signed by the governor.

The order they received in the Ministry of Security coincided with the overwhelming response that, once again, President Alberto Fernández dedicated to the Buenos Aires minister, after his renewed crossing to the national official.

The head of state said he spoke with Kicillof on Saturday to "work so that Buenos Aires and all of Argentina live in peace and insecurity is not a problem" and said he does not know "what happens with Berni", to whom he urged to apply his " own method "if it did not match the Nation guidelines .

"Frankly I don't know what he thinks (Berni) or what he wants (in terms of Security). Frankly what worries me is what we propose from the national State and we must remember that the provinces are responsible for their security, basically, and that what the national state does is collaborate and coordinate with them when we must do it, "said Fernández in dialogue with the journalist Diego Schurman on Continental radio. While he said he was "very happy with the thought of the minister (Frederic)". "Indeed, I share everything she says," he insisted.

With his response, the President sought to differentiate Berni's progress from his government's dialogue channel with the Kicillof management. Something that was also exposed this morning with the response given by the provincial chief of staff, Carlos Bianco , when asked about the issue. " It is not true that we have asked Minister Frederic to withdraw the Gendarmerie forces from the Province, " he replied on El Destape Radio, referring to an alleged fake news .

Strictly speaking, then from the government they told Clarín that Kicillof was "aware" of the note Berni had sent.

But from the Casa Rosada they confirmed that from Nación the request of Berni will not be carried out so that "the police and federal security forces are not removed from the territory of the Province of Buenos Aires that are not fulfilling tasks that exclusively concern what respects federal order and competition. "

"The note (from Berni) is not institutional, it was not signed by the governor of the province of Buenos Aires, who has the power over the definitions of how to protect Buenos Aires citizens and therefore no action will be taken "high official sources told this newspaper.

And they highlighted the line that Alberto F. went down in his media appearance: "As the President said, we are all going to work so that insecurity is not a problem for any inhabitant of our country. That is where all our efforts are put."

It is the second time that the head of state goes out to support Frederic . Last month, given Berni's criticism, he was commissioned "to deal with the province of Buenos Aires, which has many problems to solve." The minister opted for silence and called her provincial couple to a meeting, in which it seemed that they had closed the discussion. Even in an interview with this newspaper published on the weekend but made after receiving - and it was revealed - the letter, Frederic had avoided raising the tone of the confrontation and, although he maintained that they have "very different" styles with Berni , he said, after that summit in mid-January, "that he shared much of his perspective on security."

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