Thousands of protesters won the streets of different parts of the country this Monday, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic and without greater protection of social distance, to protest against the judicial reform promoted by the Government and to demand greater flexibility quarantine, among other points.
The range of claims that led thousands of Argentines to break their mandatory isolation focused on the rejection of the corruption of Kirchner leaders and former officials, repudiation of “impunity”, and against insecurity.
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In the city of Buenos Aires, the epicenter was the traditional Obelisk, with a long caravan of vehicles completely covering 9 de Julio Avenue and honking horns, generally waving Argentine flags.
Protest marches were also registered from early afternoon in different Buenos Aires neighborhoods, with large concentrations of residents in points such as the corner of Cabildo and Juramento avenues or in Rivadavia and Acoyte, and in front of the presidential fifth of Olivos.
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In cities such as Rosario, Santa Fe, Tucumán, Córdoba, Mendoza, Salta and Mar del Plata, among others, there were also protest marches against the Government.
José Corral, leader of the UCR in Together for Change, described the mobilization in Santa Fe as “an expression of authentic citizenship to say no to the subjugation of Justice.”
In the Obelisk area, there were again episodes of violence against journalists from the C5N cell phone, who were attacked, insulted and pushed, to the point that the City Police had to intervene with a double cordon of infantry to separate the aggressors. which led to their work being interrupted at the site.
“Complices of corruption”, “traitors to the homeland” were some of the slogans launched by the protesters, and a young woman was intercepted by the police for throwing a “hole” against journalistic motives.
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# 17Together Against Impunity ???? pic.twitter.com/O9gCfGz76p
– Patricia Bullrich (@PatoBullrich) August 17, 2020
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In Buenos Aires a significant number of people also gathered in front of the Quinta Residencial de Olivos, and on the corner of Juncal and Uruguay in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Recoleta, where Vice President Cristina Kirchner resides, whom they characterized as “chorra” and demanded that “go prey”.
At the Obelisk, where they placed a giant inflatable doll of Cristina Kirchner with a striped suit, at first there was a general compliance with the social distance required by the protocols, but as more people gathered, the situation got out of control and in many sectors people were crowded together, without social distance.
With a phrase from San Martín and an image of a street march, the PRO called early on in social networks to attend the public space, in breach of the quarantine established by the national government and also by Horacio Rodríguez Larreta from Buenos Aires.
In fact, Patricia Bullrich arrived by car in downtown Buenos Aires when the flagging began, and got out of the vehicle to record a video addressed to President Alberto Fernández.
“I come to tell the president that quarantine may not exist for him. But it does exist for a lot of people who are having a bad time and who are out of work,” he said.
On the other hand, the former Minister of Security said that “you cannot do justice to the extent of impunity.”
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The prominence of people who do not surrender and demand that they do not take advantage of the quarantine to advance with impunity.
An Argentinean every 2 meters. In all the streets of the country. With Beto Brandoni we express ourselves by complying with all the rules of social distancing. pic.twitter.com/3KBTpPq5sJ– Hernán Lombardi (@herlombardi) August 17, 2020
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The actor Luis Brandoni, another of the organizers of “17A” arrived at the center accompanied by the former secretary of Macrista Media Hernán Lombardi.
“Understand, president, that there is a people complaining,” said the artist, while the former Cambiemos official asked that judicial reform not advance.
“We say no to impunity for the corrupt. We are peaceful exercising the free right to protest, taking care of ourselves, with social isolation because we are responsible,” Lombardi completed.
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