Patricia Bullrich takes charge of government campaign against CGT strike. He interrogated Hector Dare and promised to implement “anti-strike protocols”.

On the eve of the national strike, the Minister of Safety, Patricia Bullrich, assured that she received a thousand complaints a day from workers who faced “pressure” from the union to join the strike. He also said that this Wednesday he would impose anti-picketing protocols “according to the level of aggression” – referring to the protesters –, raising tensions before the march to Congress, and debated with Secretary General CGT Hector Dyer. . In other words, he left no stone unturned to get a place in the news, showing himself as the main sword of Javier Miley’s government against unemployment.

During a radio interview, Bullrich said that the measures included in the omnibus law and the presidential MegaDNU “simplify life, remove privileges and generate fundamental elements such as compulsoriness in education,” and suggested joining the strike. More coerced than real: He said Line 134, the telephone line he had set up to receive complaints from people forced to participate in demonstrations, receives “1,000 calls per day”, denouncing “too much extortion and pressure”. Registers.”

The former Alliance official stressed that the calls are “from people in social organizations and people who are told ‘You have to come to work and at 12 o’clock you get on the bus or you get on the train and you are unemployed. Will go because you are unemployed.

Thus the minister came out to raise questions on the strike, which would be active. Their arguments were those that are typically put forward when social protests occur: that the protesters are coerced or are hostile, that there are ulterior motives to the issue, that the leaders are corrupt and that the government’s main responsibility is to ensure So that no one blocks the road. , maintain “order” to make sure that people (good people, Miley would say) can get to their jobs.

The minister stressed that she would make “every possible effort” so that “every Argentine who wants to work does not feel intimidated.”

Regarding safety protocols, he said, “The order of the streets and the fact that they can march on the sidewalk and without being cut off is a decision.” How is he going to implement it – let’s remember that Wednesday’s march in CABA, the march is going to go to Congress to demand that the deputies and senators do not approve the omnibus law and the President DNU – he expressed that ” his The format depends on the circumstances, the level of aggression and excitement with which they may come. There are times when things are easier to do and other times when they are more difficult, but we do whatever we can to comply with the protocols. Can do, going to do that.

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On the other hand, Bullrich came out to respond to the head of the CGT, Hector Der, who warned that due to the population’s rejection, the deputies who voted in favor of the omnibus law would not be able to “walk”. Down in the street.” The minister replied, “How can he walk on the street? “The people who vote for this law will be the people who help the country move forward.”

He concluded, “Those who will not be able to walk on the streets every Wednesday and every time are the ones who try to destroy the country.” Furthermore, he criticized that the strike was taking place “one and a half months after the formation of the new government” and described it as “extortion” to “maintain privileges”.

Knowing his history, it was said that Bullrich was going to clash with the union organizations. However, it is no coincidence that she is the one who seeks prominence in the media. Faced with a political, social and economic question such as the measures called for by the CGT, CTA and UTEP, it may be the Minister of the Economy or the person responsible for the work area who appears at the crossroads of opposition.

And given the decline in Miley’s image over the past two weeks, the government is betting that a “security agenda” will gain traction in public opinion. It appears to displace economic concerns – or at least cover them up as much as possible.

In that sense, the executive branch has made strong announcements: it is going to present a project to lower the age of sentencing – from 16 to 14 years – (last Sunday, this was announced by Justice Minister Mariano Cuneo Libarona) and This was supported by Bullrich), that he was going to put the military in the fight against drug trafficking (the defense chief, Louis Petrie, the minister’s running mate, had said this ten days earlier), that he going to expel foreigners who commit this crime from the country (Bullrich himself, three days ago); Also on the list is the spectacular operation to deport the family of an Ecuadorian drug trafficker, who were released upon arrival in Ecuador… because the justice system had no charges against them.

Bullrich’s overreaction is key to Miley’s government strategy: bad economic news combined with shocking security announcements. In fact, this strategy can be seen from the beginning of Miley’s government: on the same day that the first march protesting his administration took place – the relatively small mobilization of the Piquero Fighting Front to the Plaza de Mayo – the minister premiered his security protocols. Kia took over all screens for hours with a mega-operation and Miley announced DNU deregulation of the economy that same night.