Ignacio Ortelli
05/24/2021 1:55 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 05/24/2021 1:55 PM
At the beginning of the week of total confinement that Alberto Fernández ordered to try to flatten the curve of coronavirus infections, the Government considered that there was a “high compliance” with the measures and evaluated in a
“very positive” way the controls
that the forces had federal and provincial police.
The President secluded himself in the Quinta de Olivos to reinforce the message to the citizens of the importance of leaving their homes only for work reasons, and for that reason he
ruled out an act for May 25 (the Tedeum will be virtual again)
but From early on, he kept in touch with the Minister of Security, Sabina Frederic, who reported an abrupt drop in traffic.
“There is a very high compliance and this time a good coordination between the jurisdictions
”, they evaluated close to the President, sliding a certain annoyance due to the lack of controls that weeks ago pointed from the Nation to the City of Buenos Aires and other districts that were reluctant to reinstate quarantine.
That previously coordinated work between the chiefs of the Cabinet and the security ministers of the Nation, Province and City was key, they insist on the presidential environment, so that encouraging data is reflected from the same midnight on Friday. Already at the weekend,
10 percent of the traffic of a normal pandemic Saturday circulated on the Buenos Aires-La Plata highway
, they point out from the Ministry of National Security.
In the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA), the decrease in circulation that was registered was 66 percent, which was similar to levels of the first months of the stricter isolation that was imposed last year.
The delays in access and long lines of vehicles were attributed to the drop in permits.
There was also, they point out, a drop in public transport, reserved only for a portion of essential workers.
"The most important thing is the coordination between the different jurisdictions," stressed Frederic.
Hence the importance, as they insist from the Nation, that a political agreement has been reached not to discuss the measures.
In this sense, there is no self-criticism on the part of the national government, for having advanced in April with decisions without involving the City, but quite the opposite: “Time proved Alberto right that the measures were not exaggerated as installed the opposition.
And now Larreta had to admit it, ”says a senior official with daily contact with the president.
On this point the Chief of Cabinet,
Santiago Cafiero
crushed
.
"The head of the City Government not only did not take additional measures, but he even prosecuted the measures that were taken to not comply with them," he recalled this Monday in dialogue with Radio Provincia.
The Government are optimistic that the level of compliance with the measures will continue this week, but admit some concern about what may happen as of Wednesday, when the virtual long holiday ends. That is why special emphasis was placed on clarifying that those who traveled on Friday, before the start of the confinement, will not be able to return to their homes. One of those who was anticipated was Frederic, who, knowing about possible conflicts with the federal forces that shielded the main accesses to the AMBA, reiterated that these tourists will have to wait until after May 30 to return.
That date is, a priori, immovable.
For now, an extension of the isolation is not analyzed
, they coincide from different sectors of the Government, although they clarify that only on Thursday it will be possible to evaluate if they had an effective impact on the decrease in infections
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