Twenty years after the assassinations of Costek and Santillan, pickets fear a return to protest repression.
Both left-wing and official leaders warn that such speeches by the vice-president “stigmatize” and lead to the “criminalization” of claims.
Round anniversaries always evoke balance and reflection. Moreover, when the present is colored by the past, it is designed to celebrate. 20 years after the assassination of the Piketero militants Maximiliano Costek and Dario Santilan In the hands of the police, Social organizations not only continue to be a central actor in public life, with power that has grown in the heat of state aid. They also warn against the return of “stigmatized” discourse that seeks to “incriminate” them..
The criticism was not harmless. Christina Kirchner Territorial groups whose leaders quickly qualified as a “Political maneuver” His demand that the state, through its governors and mayors, take control of social policy and stop “outsourcing” it to social organizations.
The words of the leader of Kirchnerism put both official organizations and leftists on alert. In dialogue ᲔᲠᲘBoth sectors warn of the consequences that a “Stigmatized” speech As Christina Kirchner put it last week. “Sad” historical similarities, which – they claim – will contribute Feeds the “climate” before the repressions in Puente Puererdon Which went down in history as the Avelaneda massacre.
“This is all part of a campaign to criminalize social protest”Condemns Polo Obrero Leader Edward BelibonOne of the most visible faces of the repetitive march towards the Ministry of Social Development. The leader claims that Christina Kirchner has “returned to her origins” and condemns: “She was part of a national unity that, under former President Eduardo Duhalde, decided to task the picket movement, which continued to fight in the streets after the Argentines.”
“The problem lies not only with the Evita movement, but with popular organizations as a whole,” added the Piketero leader, for whom the former president’s “attack” on groups is not accidental. , who We are accused of swimming and threatened with imprisonment“They are the same people who decided to declare war on us 20 years ago.”
Belibon gives an example of what happened last week Ferris wheel bridgeLomas de Zamora, where a teacher’s protest for insecurity led to violent police intervention, arrests and injuries.
Who also emphasizes the line of continuity between the context of two decades ago and the current context is the leader of the Evita Movement, Guild Onorato. Prior to consulting this newspaper, the National Economic Workers Union (UTEP) reviewer was offended by the remarks of Christina Kirchner and warned: “It is located in the same places that were erected in Puente Puireredon before the repression”.
“In his words we saw a comparison with the climate of that moment“When the political leadership repeated the accusations, which were unrealistic and on small grounds,” Onorato said, posting that if nothing has changed since then, it is that “The superstitions of society always come from the weakest“.
For the leader of the organization he headed Emilius the PersianThis fact of reality is reflected in the fact that “all sectors of politics are afraid that the poor will organize themselves and build political power.” And he challenges and declares: “When we show people’s movements, what is reflected in the mirror of those who ruled is the failure of their social policy.”
“We are the ones who are demonstrating civilization in this reality, the ones who are trying to build bridges and ways of dialogue,” Onorato said, calling for recognition of their role. Guarantor of the “institutional stability” of the country. “The political leadership thinks that the government sits in government agencies when the government is being built on the territory on a daily basis,” he said.
Source: La Nacion
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