On a key day for Javier Milei
's government
, given that the Chamber of Deputies debates the
Omnibus Law
this Wednesday , picketers and social organizations march to the National Congress to
express their rejection of the project
, which is why Parliament remained
fenced. and with a strong security operation
.
During a day in which the Executive seeks to obtain half-sanction of the project, whose debate in the Casa Rosada is estimated to last more than 30 hours, a mobilization will be held this afternoon towards Congress and a subsequent "vigil of necessity and urgency "in rejection of the Omnibus Law.
In the prelude to the marathon session in Deputies, the Congress area was fenced and surrounded by National Gendarmerie personnel, in view of the protests expected in front of Parliament.
In this framework, the Minister of National Security, Patricia Bullrich, has already given the order to apply the anti-picketing protocol that debuted on December 20 and was partially replicated during the CGT mobilization last Wednesday.
Piquetera Unit, which brings together left-wing social organizations, mobilizes from midday towards Congress Plaza together with unions such as the UBA Teachers' Union Association and the Tire Workers, among others. The ATE Capital section, led by Daniel Catalano, studies joining since the afternoon.
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Mobilizations of social organizations and left-wing groups are expected there.
In dialogue with the Télam agency, the Polo Obrero representative,
Eduardo Belliboni
, assured that the columns will begin the day of struggle at 12, in front of Congress, and announced that the protesters will maintain vigil during the parliamentary debate.
In addition, the Classist Union Coordinator (CSC) announced the launch of several related activities.
Among them, the holding of assemblies in the west of the province of Buenos Aires starting at 11:30;
an open radio, at 5 p.m.;
and at 8 p.m. the start of the "Vigil of necessity and urgency" headed by the Federal Multisector of the Argentine Republic is scheduled to begin.
In the prelude to the marathon session in Deputies, the front of Congress was fenced off. Photo: Guillermo Rodriguez Adami
The deputies of the Workers' Party in the Left Front (FIT) Romina Del Plá and Gabriel Solano spoke out in rejection of the Omnibus Law and called to accompany the mobilization to Congress.
"
Let us show in the streets our repudiation
of this package of laws against working people,"
Solano
posted on his Twitter account, along with a flyer calling for people to join the mobilization, in addition to calling on "the entire popular movement to
win the street
in Congress and throughout the country.
Let us show in the streets our repudiation of this package of laws against working people.
Tomorrow from 12 noon we will be at Congress.
pic.twitter.com/YfNKFHuzmu
— Gabriel Solano (@Solanopo) January 30, 2024
For his part, Del Plá denounced "the
repressive deployment
that the government mounted" around Parliament.
"Blocks and blocks of hydrants of different strengths," he detailed.
"The fenced Congress is always a symptom that anti-worker measures are going to be voted on. Frightening is not going to prevent popular mobilization in rejection of the omnibus law," he stated on his social networks.
The repressive deployment that the government mounted is brutal.
Blocks and blocks of hydrants of different strengths.
The fenced-off congress is always a sign that anti-worker measures are going to be voted on.
The intimidation will not prevent the popular mobilization in rejection of the omnibus law pic.twitter.com/DN8RDutU6O
— Romina Del Plá (@RominaDelPla) January 31, 2024