Who is Claudio Ferreño, the friend of the President who armed the official counter-march in Quinta de Olivos

Mariano roa

10/12/2020 18:23

• Clarín.com

• Politics

Updated 10/12/2020 6:23 PM

Claudio Ferreño

walks on the sidewalk of the Quinta Presidencial, accompanied by a handful of "companions" - that's what he calls them - who overshadow him.

His objective: to prevent the protesters from reaching the door of

, as he himself defines the residence of President Alberto Fernández.

Ferreño is a Peronist legislator from the Federal Capital and he was the one who mobilized militants to Olivos this Monday shortly after 2:00 p.m. to "recover" the street and defend the Government.

Ferreño, a childhood friend of Alberto Fernández, agrees to talk with

.

"We are here to defend the President's house. From my friend. We did not come to the Quinta when Macri was there. We arrived first: we have been here since 2:00 p.m. and their march began at 5:00 p.m.

who come to provoke against Alberto in his residence in Olivos, "said the Buenos Aires legislator.

Pro-government demonstration in front of the Olivos presidential estate, the same day that the opposition protest was called.

Photo: Marcelo Carroll.

The legislator is the president of the Labor and Equity Party (PART), an "albertist" group that was created a few months ago.

"We cannot allow them

at the door of the houses of our leaders.

. They are the ones who are seeking violence and we are going to be here to defend our government, "the leader insisted before Clarín, who gained some notoriety when he fought in 2008 with the now Foreign Minister Felipe Solá.

Aren't you worried that there are clashes between the people you mobilized and those who organized themselves through the networks against the Government?

"Fix our flags,

. We are here because we also have the right. And it is true that we decided to come the same day that they were called. But we do it because we also have the right to do so.

"he assured.