The failure of protocol and the provocations of Patricia Bullrich. During the march, roads were blocked by crowds of people.

Beyond the success of the massive mobilization that took place this Wednesday, What was notable was the colossal failure of the protocols promoted by the Security Minister, Patricia Bullrich. Obviously, the crowds did not take to Mayo Avenue or the sidewalks in Callao or Entre Ríos or Rivadavia: traffic was disrupted in almost the entire city center. But maybe, The most glaring failure was Bullrich’s attempt to incite the protesters. without any legal basis, The prefectural siege prevented people from moving from Avellaneda to CABA. It is possible that the minister anticipated that there would be a confrontation – as in the times of Maximiliano Kostecki and Dario Santillán – but the Column negotiated and negotiated without success, averting war. There were similar scenes around Congress Plaza, where the police were pushing the protesters. Everything indicates that Bullrich wanted to regain prominence, possibly with the fantasy – similar to Victoria Villarruel – of replacing Javier Miley in the short or medium term. In parallel, the city police disappeared from the streets and left everything in the hands of Bullrich’s illegal-operations.

no jurisdiction

Federal security forces occupied all locations without jurisdiction. After the transfer of the Federal Police to the CABA, the federal forces have jurisdiction only to protect buildings that belong to the national administration. This means, for example, Casa Rosada, inwards from the fence; Congress, from inside the fence, as well as from the cathedral and ministries. Outside the gates or defensive fences in national buildings, jurisdiction belongs to the City of Buenos Aires, i.e. the City Police. That is why the blue force was transferred. So that The establishment of columns of federal police and gendarmes on several arteries of Rivadavia, Hipólito Yrigoyen, Callao, Entre Ríos and CABA was illegal.

The most bizarre point was that of Pueyrredón Bridge, where there was an order to stop direct passage.: Violation of the right of transit and the right of demonstration.

Some of the leaders of the columns offered to pass in single file, but no case was made. It is clear that the objective was to provoke, create clashes and then demonize the mobilization. There were no injuries or deaths due to the measured behavior of the protesters and not because of the attitude of those giving orders to the uniformed officers sent by the minister.

City police, outside

City police officers were nowhere to be seen. He said he would have 1,400 soldiers, but they did not appear at the operation. He left everything to Bullrich.

This newspaper contacted Buenos Aires officials, who responded briefly, citing the minister at all times.

-I don’t know. it’s his thing,

The removal of the Buenos Aires government has its own logic. This mobilization was against the national government, the DNU and the omnibus law. Therefore, it was not a good thing for them to get mixed up in it or, worse, pay some political price for an incident.

failure and duration

All the threats and movements of the past days were aimed at weakening the concentration in Plaza Congreso: There was talk of searching buses, taking photographs of protesters, removing plans from those carrying children and, of course, arresting those blocking roads. All this trailing smoke was already over when Bullrich sent documented letters to union centers and social movements with million-dollar fines: Obviously, no one paid, and security had to collect those fines. There was almost no chance of doing it. As Irina Hauser published in this newspaper, the reasons for alleged pressure by unions or social movements to go on the march are zero., Of the thousands of calls reportedly made, few complaints were made and Bullrich did not turn over the audio of the complainants to Gerardo Polisita, the prosecutor in charge of the case.

The truth is that Plaza Congreso was filled, traffic was stopped and the same was seen throughout the country, including Rosario, Córdoba, Comodoro Rivadavia, Bariloche And almost all cities. The diagnosis was unanimous: so many people had rarely been seen at each performance.

The government and Bullrich tried to downplay what happened, including the ridiculous figure of 40,000 people mentioned by the minister., The parameter was given by the international media: photographs were published in all newspapers of the main capitals, surprising the number of people mobilized. He new York Times Slipped in a devastating phrase: “Many Argentines took to the streets to show that they have had enough (of the Miley government).”

Cutting floors?

Taking a political look at what happened raises questions. It appears that Bullrich, even more than Miley, disputes the leadership of the government. At first it seemed like a competition with Vice President Victoria Villarruel, who endorsed and retweeted a note. financial Times From London who said that “the vice president is ready for anything,” suggested that she could replace Miley.

The President sensed some kind of conspiracy and removed Villarruel from the two key ministries he had been promised: Security and Defense., He gave them to Bullrich, who also manages his second candidate for president, Louis Petri, Minister of Defense.

Therefore, the competition with Villarruel seems to be a thing of the past and Bullrich aims to achieve greater prominence. The context is surprising: 45 days after arriving at the Casa Rosada, all kinds of fights are taking place within the executive and it seems that everyone is playing their own game. Some threaten, others negotiate, internal fights occur daily while rumors grow that the person making the decisions is not Miley, but her sister Kareena.