Buenos Aires, Arg. “All social, labor, union and pension rights are threatened (…) it is a day of vindication and defense of the achievements and acquired rights that are intended to be violated without respecting the voice of the workers,” the leaders of the organization warned. General Confederation of Labor (CGT), leading a massive event commemorating Workers’ Day in which they denounced the government of far-right Javier Milein and confirmed a general strike for the next day the 9th.
The CGT indicated in a statement that this government “attacks and destroys workers” and the “adjustment is not paid for by caste; but rather it falls on the most vulnerable sectors”, to which he proposed “the construction of a multi-sector consensus program to achieve an Argentina of Development, Production and Work.”
The event was accompanied by columns from the two Workers’ confederations, the governor of the province of Buenos Aires, the Peronist Axell Kicillof and his cabinet, representatives of the Federation of University Students of Buenos Aires, various unions and also independent sectors.
The organizations grouped in the Left Front also demonstrated in Plaza de Mayo, with a more radicalized message, and warned about the activation of the so-called anti-picketing protocol, with a huge security device imposed by the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, when not there was any sign of violence.
The mobilizations took place a day after the government, through a series of extortion actions and threats, achieved approval in the Chamber of Deputies of the so-called base law, which was modified after the Senate rejected the first version in December. past, after Milei signed the famous decree of necessity and urgency (DNU/7023) aimed at deregulating the economy.
The Peronist Union for the Homeland and the FIT, plus two socialist deputies, and others from the Radical Civic Union who rebel against the current board. that left aside all party principles, remained firm, rejecting and denouncing the “surrender” and “savage” framework of the basic law, also asking that a new meeting be prioritized to repeal the DNU, because they have already surrendered to United States, the base in Usuhaia in Tierra del Fuego, the one in Antarctica and the control of the South Atlantic fishing zone.
In the new draft of the basic law there are modifications to the DNU. The most important thing for the government is the delegation of powers to the president for one year, declaring the energy, economic and financial emergency law for one year, the reform of the State and the administrative reorganization of public organizations, among other points.
Although the number of the 40 state companies that wanted to be privatized was reduced, Milei can use its powers to decide what it has proposed from the beginning.
Although the last word has not been said, because this law must pass through the Senate and there is widespread rejection and the government sent its officials to “convince” provincial governors to order their senators to vote in favor.
The question is, what else do they offer to the governors, some of whom no longer hide the effects of “conviction?” Behind the throne are the “shadow rulers” who, with democracy, are taking over a strategic country rich in all kinds of resources.
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– 2024-05-02 13:42:34
