John Manzur urgently called a meeting with the entire cabinet of ministers, after the attack carried out on Thursday night against Vice President Cristina Kirchner.
the chief of staff, repudiated the attack through his social networks and expressed his solidarity with the former president and her family. at the time, John Manzur He argued that “today more than ever we must defend democracy.”
“The serious attack against our vice president, Cristina Kirchner, forces all political leaders and society as a whole to reflect: today more than ever we have the obligation and responsibility to defend democracy, dialogue, consensus and peace. social” he wrote John Manzur.
The meeting with the ministers takes place this morning at the Casa Rosada. There they will analyze the security situation of the vice president and decide if it is necessary to implement new measures for her protection.
President Alberto Fernández also participates in the meeting, who arrived at the Government House in the company of the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa. Both leaders repudiated and condemned the attack on the vice president.
While Massa pointed out that what happened was an “attempted assassination”, the president made a public address on Cadena Nacional, where he assured that the “events affect our democracy” and decreed this Friday as a national holiday in support of the vice president.
Source: Pink House
“We are facing a fact that has an extreme institutional and human seriousness. Our vice president has been attacked and the peace has been disturbed. Argentina cannot waste another minute, there is no time, it is necessary to banish violence and hatred from political and media discourse and from our life in society”, the president stressed.
Who participates in the cabinet meeting
The meeting called by the Chief of staff It will be headed by the president. The first to arrive were ministers Aníbal Fernández (Security), Jaime Perczyk (Education), Daniel Filmus (Science), Tristán Bauer (Culture), Juan Cabandié (Environment and Sustainable Development), Jorge Taiana (Defense) and Carla Vizzotti (Health). .
In addition, the Legal and Technical Secretary, Vilma Ibarra; the private secretary of the Presidency, Julio Vitobello; presidential spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti; and the Secretary of International Relations, Cecilia Todesca.
