Patricia Bullrich
defended the operation implemented during the treatment of the Omnibus Law this week to control the streets in the vicinity of Congress, and maintained that
as Minister of Security she is not "afraid to act
."
"You have to be encouraged to do things. Argentina is tired of those who don't dare to do them. Of those who say in the campaign that they are going to do something and then
don't dare out of fear
. Out of fear of 'what's going to happen' '" said the Minister of Security this Sunday during an interview on
FM Milenium
.
And he argued that in the Government the issue tops the agenda: "What is our objective?
Our objective is to provide security
. Provide public security, provide security against complex crime, and provide security on the street."
Asked about the possibility that in some security operation the actions of the troops
may leave a fatality
, the minister left no room for doubt.
The vicinity of Congress had a strong police presence during the debate.
Photo: Emmanuel Fernández.
"Why is there going to be a dead person?
With the issue of the dead, the only thing you achieve is never doing anything
. The country of 'I don't move'. That's how we are.
I'm not afraid to act
. If I were afraid to act, I wouldn't "I could be Minister of Security," she said energetically.
The former presidential candidate for Together for Change also speculated about the motivations that could be behind the violent actions of the left-wing protesters and social organizations that were present in the vicinity of Congress during the days of debate.
"
It was totally coordinated with those who were inside Congress
. By repeating the same strategies, they thought they were going to have the same results. They have adjourned sessions of Congress in moments of violence, right?" he said, pointing to the opposition benches. who oppose the Omnibus Law.
The minister also denied that on Thursday and Friday there were more security forces (Federal Police, National Gendarmerie, and Prefecture) in the streets than protesters who opposed the sanction of the Omnibus Law.
"They are equipped with a uniform that makes it seem like there are more of them. Because they are big, because they move in groups. Because they are all covered so as not to receive stones. And they move in groups to avoid disorder. The disorder is that when the security forces There are fewer, what happens is that they have to go out and grab the protesters in any way. And that doesn't work," he explained.
"On the other hand, in this way, they work as if they were dragging people, they push them to return to their place, without generating any type of violent situation until they start throwing stones or sticks at them," added the minister about the procedures. used.
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