Xavier Miley faces its first general strike due to omnibus law and MegaDNU Reaction to adjustments, messages to Congress and government threats

xavier miley Will break a record today The President will face his first general strike just 45 days after assuming office., Thus, it will break the three-month mark held by Fernando de la Rúa. There will be a 12-hour strike and street mobilization across the country to implement the radical adjustment program at full speed. The CGT, the two CTAs, social movements, Peronist leaders, leftist groups, cultural and sports leaders and human rights organizations will all meet in front of the National Congress to celebrate the protest day., This would be a major show of force ahead of the legislative debate on the omnibus law; A direct and strong message to the national government, but also to the representatives who will deliberate on the megaproject on campus. Meanwhile, the Casa Rosada awaits the march with pressure and threats: Promises to waive strike days for workers, file complaints in court to rule it out as “illegal”, and enforce “anti-strike protocols” even if it means repression.

wide call

,people are angry due to disappointment“, described Hector Derr. The co-head of the CGT assured that the strike will receive great support because it “crosses” the labor movement and includes different sectors of society such as “SMEs, culture, scientists, sports and many Argentines who have diverse political views and ideologies. , reaches.” But they want a different Argentina. ,This will go out of control as the number of workers gathers“Added his colleague, Pablo Moyano. ,We are not going to obediently follow the path that the government wants.“, warned Rodolfo Aguiar, head of ATE. At the summit last Wednesday, all unions and social organizations agreed to form a single column to march together towards Congress – at noon on Avenida de Mayo. It is estimated that the main event will take place between 3 to 4 pm., Transport unions will join the strike starting at 7 pm to facilitate mobility for those taking part in the protest. Truckers, UOCRA, UPCN, La Bancaria and SMATA, some of the unions with the greatest firepower, will be at the forefront of a call whose motto is “The Homeland is not for sale.”

Buenos Aires Peronism will also be the protagonist. Although local PJ head Maximo Kirchner has not yet confirmed attendance, the party and La Cámpora have called for mobilization. Former presidential candidate Sergio Massa will not be at the game, The day will continue from its offices on Avenida del Libertador; Yes, there will be leaders of the Renovador Front such as deputy Cecilia Moro and other members of the bloc. Although he won’t be a speaker or head of a column, Axel Kicillof will get everyone’s attention, The governor, as consistently mentioned by Miley, will appear at the march along with a group of community leaders such as Mayra Mendoza (Quilmes), Jorge Ferrarisi (Avellaneda), Lucas Ghi (Moron) Mariel Fernandez (Moreno) and Andres Watson. Florencio Varela), among others. The PJ of Buenos Aires, for its part, added its support for the measure, stating that the omnibus law and the MegaDNU would mean “a shrinking of the state and the loss of thousands of jobs.”

Left organizations and parties will join together in a multi-regional and independent pillar and seek to deepen resistance actions. ,We will mobilize with a big poster demanding continuation of force measures with systematic attacks and battle plans Until we defeat the omnibus law, the DNU, and the repressive protocols of this accommodating and authoritarian government,” said Alejandro Bodart, MST leader at FIT-Unidad.

Social organizations grouped into the Union of Workers of the Popular Economy (UTEP) promise to bring together about fifty thousand people. After organizing a series of meetings and popular uprisings in different parts of the country, the Evita Movement, Somos Barrios de Pie, MTE, Corriente Clásista y Combativa (CCC), Dario Santillan Popular Front and the Francisco Missionaries Movement agreed to accompany the CGT initiative. decided. , ,This will be the most significant protest we have seen in Argentina, If we add up all those who will be in each province, millions of people will be organized,” indicated Emilio Persico, leader of Evita. In theory, the idea of ​​the organizations is to travel by public transport to show up to the media, which the government wants to put in place with so-called anti-picketing protocols.

pressures and threats

Ahead of the march, the Security Ministry, led by Patricia Bullrich, issued a statement reminding that the protocol is “fully enforced” and that “cutting arteries or circulatory routes is strictly prohibited.” Similarly, he confirmed that buses and train stations will be controlled. Derr said, “This is a unilateral deviation that is already being complained about by the UN Human Rights Commissioner. We have only found people in dictatorships going over buses and filming them.” “Should I take the 40,000 truck drivers we are going to gather there?” Pablo Moyano said sarcastically this week. ,He should take them to UPA, but we are going to follow the protocol.Bullrich responded yesterday. In the middle of the crossing, La Plata’s federal judge Ernesto Kreplak ordered national authorities to avoid issuing provisions to federal forces for filming or stopping people on public transport (see separate).

The list of anti-protest measures taken by the executive is extensive and unusual. A few days earlier, the Justice Minister, Mariano Cuneo Libarona, had warned that he could declare the strike illegal and take legal action against those taking part in the mobilization. Bullrich also enabled Line 134 to receive complaints of alleged “extortion” from business owners or independent workers, and assured that they were calling up to 1,000 people per day to report “problems”. Meanwhile, the presidential spokesman, Manuel Adorni, announced that he would be exempting days off for national state employees who comply with this measure. “Anyone who doesn’t work deserves not to be paid,” he said. The response from the state was emphatic: “Threats only deepen the battle plan,