BUENOS AIRES, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) Students and members of Argentine organizations stand outside the home of Vice President Cristina Fernández in the Recoleta neighborhood of the capital today, also under police surveillance.
For the tenth straight day, citizens are walking near the building where the former president is located to express their support after prosecutor Diego Luciani requested 12 years in prison for the Senate leader and his ban from public office.
President Alberto Fernández and numerous ministers, officials, lawmakers and human rights organizations condemned the prosecution against him and the violence used by the city police against demonstrators in favor of the deputy president.
The day before, Lieutenant, Administrative and Taxation Judge Roberto Gallardo issued a ruling barring capital city authorities from erecting fences near the former head of state’s home and ordering that federal officials be tasked with ensuring their safety. . .
However, Buenos Aires Prime Minister Horacio Rodríguez Larreta refused to comply with Gallardo’s terms and appealed to have him removed from the case.
He also assured that none of his officials would attend a hearing to analyze the incident, which was later suspended.
Last night the vice president called the crackdown on those who came to her support incomprehensible and denounced provocations by the opposition, such as placing two trucks full of rocks a block and a half from her home.
They are not rational people. The installation of the fences on a huge area is inexplicable. We must reconsider the problem of this city, the capital of all Argentina, where a political police force suddenly took over the security of its streets. We need to rethink case law and the federal government’s role here, he indicated.
“I want to continue to live in a republican, representative, federal, and democratic system where public authorities are elected by the people every four years in free, democratic elections and without bans,” he added.