The National Academy of Journalism expressed its
"deep concern"
about the acts of violence in front of Congress that ended with
several photographers injured with rubber bullets.
In addition,
he asked that journalism be "respected" in this type of coverage.
"The Academy urges
the national authorities and all the protagonists of public life
so that journalism is respected, both
when it exercises its freedom of expression and when it covers potentially violent events
," the entity stated in a statement signed by its president. , Joaquín Morales Solá, and his academic secretary, Silvia Naishtat.
"We must emphasize again that
the democratic system is devalued when the free press encounters obstacles
to perform its function," he added.
During the three days of debate on the Omnibus Law in the Chamber of Deputies, incidents were reported outside Congress
between protesters led by left-wing groups who defied the anti-picketing protocol, and federal and city forces
who intervened to prevent the cuts. streets.
On Thursday night,
several photojournalists covering the protests were injured
when a group of
police drove back militants by firing rubber bullets
and using pepper spray.
During the three days there were protesters
detained.
On Friday alone there were 13, as confirmed by the Buenos Aires Minister of Security, Waldo Wolff, who also indicated that more than $50 million in damage
was recorded in the Congress area .
Left-wing groups
burned containers
and there was other intentional damage to public roads.
"We are going to take legal action so that
the detainees and the social organizations that called for this
and caused these destructions pay," the official anticipated, in line with the guidelines of the Minister of National Security Patricia Bullrich.