After the controversy over the attempt to lower the LGBTIQ + flag that Mayor Martín Llaryora hoisted in the Sarmiento Park of Córdoba, a large group of protesters returned this Sunday afternoon to protest.
During the mobilization, they broke the commemorative plaque that had been placed next to the mast.
In a climate marked by tension, they argued separated by a police cordon with another group that came out to defend the insignia of sexual diversity.
In the group that mobilized towards the flag on Deodoro Roca street, the presence of Malvinas veterans stood out.
The Police had to intervene again and, in the framework of the protests, the protesters sang the Argentine National Anthem.
There were insults, shoves, and crossings that were mitigated by police officers. Even a man who was in the group against the new flag tried to hit protesters from the other group with what appeared to be a chain.
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The moment when a man attacked protesters who were defending the LGBTIQ + flag.
The conflict began this Saturday, when through his Instagram Officially, the Municipality published in its social networks images of the moment in which the Mayor Martín Llaryora, accompanied by members of the LGBTIQ + collective of the city, raised the flag and announced that it would remain permanently there.
Hours later, a pair of individuals approached to lower it and to violate it. They discussed with young people who wanted to prevent it and the video went viral on social networks. At the end of the day, the symbol flamed again from above.
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So they broke the plate that he put @MartinLlaryora in the Sarmiento’s mast, in hard confrontation between the community #LBGT and the Malvinas Association for the flag of #PRIDE2020 hoisted in the Sarmiento Park. @ElDoce @telefecordoba @LAVOZcomar @venimanana pic.twitter.com/nXyZw197DG
– @ FlechaLástrico (@FerLastrico) June 28, 2020
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The Secretary of Government of the Municipality of Córdoba, Miguel Siciliano, he said earlier this Sunday a Chain 3 that “it is a mistake” to think that someone wants to replace the Argentine national flag with that of the LGBTIQ + Pride.
“The discussion that we must give ourselves as a State is if we are going to support these religious, sexual, and thought minorities,” he argued, about the decision of the local government to raise the LGBTIQ + flag on the mast of Sarmiento Park this June 28, World Day. of Pride.
“I want them not to give the false discussion of whether a flag yes or no, because that is not what we should discuss. The discussion that we must give ourselves is that of inclusion and equality, “he said.
The plate that was destroyed this Sunday.
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