The social organizations of the left and Peronism put aside their differences to pressure the Government for delays in sending
food or funds to soup kitchens
.
On Thursday
they will present a unity fight plan at the Obelisk and on Friday
there will be joint mobilizations.
The main one will be in front of the main office of the Minister of Human Capital, Sandra Pettovello,
in Retiro.
That same day they are analyzing carrying out
10 cuts in vital points
in the province of Buenos Aires, which decided not to adhere to the
Government's Anti-Picketing protocol
.
They could even challenge the ability of Patricia Bullrich's Ministry of Security to
prevent blockades on national routes
, although most prefer not to put up that fight yet.
"The situation is not enough. We don't want them to give us the food, we want the food to reach the people. They
have already started to close dining rooms
," warns the board of directors of the Union of Workers of the Popular Economy ( UTEP).
The decision finished cooking over the weekend and was sealed on Monday at the
UTEP headquarters,
which brings together social organizations close to Peronism (whose leaders held positions in the previous government).
There, among others, the general secretary of the organization and right-hand man of the head of Evita Emilio Pérsico,
Alejandro “Peluca” Gramajo, and Eduardo Belliboni
, of the Polo Obrero, the main organization of
Unidad piquetera, the conglomerate of groups of piquetera
, shook hands there. left.
Food claims
“We can no longer tolerate the lack of respect and mistreatment of this government and the Minister of Human Capital,
Sandra Pettovello
, who has very little humanity,” says the statement titled “
The food emergency cannot wait any longer
” that the organizations they spread jointly.
Although they do not name it, the social movements echoed the poverty figure of 54.7% disclosed by the UCA Social Observatory.
The Episcopal Conference had demanded that the Government receive the leaders of the social movements that manage the soup kitchens.
As reported by
Clarín
, in recent days the pressure from the organizations has moved from Pettovello's portfolio to the Ministry of Economy of Luis Caputo, whom they blame for the cut.
We are Barrios de Pie and the UTEP organized a demonstration in front of the Palacio de Hacienda and a protest was analyzed in front of the country Newman, in Benavídez, where the minister lives.
On Friday, the Néstor Kirchner House will once again be the axis of the protests.
Since the inauguration of Javier Milei, the UTEP organizations and the piquetero left had taken
different paths.
The Polo Obrero was the first organization to challenge Patricia Bullrich's anti-picketing protocol
, on December 20.
At different times, both sectors mobilized against the Omnibus Law.
“We are going to make a pilgrimage for the first days of March for Peace, Bread and work in the face of the violence caused by the government in the face of the growing social conflict that worries us, poverty cannot be solved with sticks and repression, the levels of poverty and apply a brutal adjustment on the poor, the workers, the retirees,” said the evitist Gramajo.
Piqueteros unit
This is not the first time that the social movements of pan-Peronism and the left have clashed.
Alberto Fernández felt it firsthand on May 18, 2023, when both sectors protested in front of the Ministry of Social Development, on July 9, to complain against the IMF and to impose their agenda in the proselytizing campaign.
A year earlier, the organizations of the Polo Obrero and the UTEP had coincided in Plaza de Mayo to reject the advancement of
judicial cases
in different provinces and denounced a joint plan of the traditional political arc.
Former officials accuse Belliboni and the Polo Obrero of being the Evita shock group, whose head was in charge of the Social Economy Secretariat that administered the social plans during the management of the Frente de Todos that doubled the universe of beneficiaries.
“We took to the streets against their government.
Evita and Pérsico have to explain why they agree with the Polo Obrero and why they were part of a government that left 50 percent poor, not us,” said Belliboni.