Alexander Alfie
11/08/2020 10:14 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 11/08/2020 10:14 PM
With its epicenter in the city of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fé and other major cities in the interior, thousands of people participated this Sunday throughout the country in the
eighth flag
against the national government, insecurity, the economic situation and the ruling of the Court on the transfers of judges, under the slogans of "freedom, justice and the Constitution."
The protest at the Obelisco started at five in the afternoon and
gathered thousands of people on the street
, many in cars, who walked six blocks of 9 de Julio Avenue for a couple of hours.
At seven in the afternoon, some protesters went to the Plaza de Mayo.
It was the first march
called after the end of the quarantine in the AMBA, which led to the Social, Preventive and Compulsory Distancing (DiSPO).
"Enough of impunity," said María, a woman who was accompanied by her husband;
while they waved Argentine flags, under a bright sun, in the square in front of the Obelisk.
Beside him, Alfredo Murillas told
Clarín
that he had marched against the “advance of Cristina in Justice.” And he added: “In these months I was out of work, so let's hope this changes”.
Protest against the Government, this Sunday.
Photo Germán García Adrasti.
Behind him was a large inflatable doll of Vice President Cristina Kirchner disguised as a convict,
handling
President Alberto Fernández
as if he were a puppet
.
"We installed it, because it symbolizes the corruption of Cristina and Alberto," said Ignacio Vega, vice president of Young Republicans.
People carried signs that said "Enough of overwhelming Justice", "Enough of empty classrooms", "Enough of corruption", "No to Judicial Reform" and
"Rosenkrantz the people support you"
, among others.
"There are flags at 100," yelled a lady in front of McDonald's.
And it had the lowest price, since in front there were flags for up to 500 pesos, hats for $ 200 and chinstraps for $ 150.
"We have nothing to do with those of Cristina's doll, they clarified from the central stage, controlled by Acción Conjunta Republicana, an organization of self-convened without party representation.
The protesters read a document that highlighted the slogans related to the "defense of the institutions",
"not the subjugation of Justice";
and "independence of Justice".
Although the repeated request was that "judges Bruglia and Bertuzzi not resign"
There were two other stages, a few meters from the Obelisk, where the Libertarians spoke;
and the Argentine United Force, whose leaders railed against politicians,
"gender ideology"
and national disintegration.
The banner was announced from social networks, after the Court ruling for the transfers of judges Leopoldo Bruglia and Pablo Bertuzzi.
He also had the accompaniment of sectors of the countryside, after the occupation of the Etchevehere family estate in Entre Ríos.
As in previous protests, the former head of Public Media, Hernán Lombardi, went with the actor Luis Brandoni.
And both stayed in the vicinity of the Teatro Colón.
“This mobilization serves, it is useful and important, because it limits the abuse of government power.
The mobilization of the people made them go back with Vicentín, Venezuela and made them slow down with the judicial reform
, ”Lombardi told
Clarín
.
And then Lombardi went to meet Waldo Wolff, Alex Campbell and Carolina Píparo, among others, who were some references of Together for Change who came to the Obelisk.
There were the deputy Paula Oliveto and the former Minister of Modernization, Andrés Ibarra.
Alejandro Fargosi and Cinthia Hotton were also seen.
"We join this great citizen demand that cries out for exemplary behavior and a new policy," said the leaders of Valores por mi Pais.
Patricia Bullrich at the protest in Córdoba, this Sunday.
There were also other political leaders in the marches this Sunday, such as the former candidate for president, José Luis Espert, who attended together with the economist Javier Milei, and they concentrated in front of the Quinta de Olivos.
"We not only demand that the criminals be imprisoned, but also a fairer country," said Espert, in dialogue with TN.
Patricia Bullrich was in Córdoba.
"Together with the people of Córdoba, and also from many other places in Argentina, we came to ask judges Bruglia, Bertuzzi and Castelli not to renounce their causes. For them, in defense of the institutions and for the future, today we We add to the banner, "tweeted the president of PRO.
From Entre Ríos, Luis Etchevehere joined the protest, "for freedom, Justice and the Constitution. Argentina wants a change," said the former Macrista Agroindustria minister.
In Santa Fe, hundreds of people gathered around the Monument to the Flag.
"I come because I don't want to leave," read a young man's poster.
While others demanded for the independence of the Judicial Power.
In addition, there were protests in the main cities throughout the country, such as Mendoza, Mar del Plata and La Plata, among others.
Although the banner was massive, the call this time was less than in the last protests and much lower than the historic mobilization of November 8, 2012, against then-president Cristina Kirchner.
The last protest against the Government had taken place on the October 12 holiday, against the policies of the national Government and the K attack against the Supreme Court.
Then came the ruling of the highest court, in relation to judges Bruglia, Bertuzzi and Castelli, which unleashed this new flag of 8N.
Look also
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