The Buenos Aires legislator for the Front of All (FdT), Ofelia Fernández, considered this Thursday as “evident” that the “Police Map” bother the government of the City of Buenos Airesafter the Executive of Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and the prosecutor Celsa Ramírez will initiate a criminal case against him for “abuse of authority”.
“I was surprised that they tried to censor the Police Map page. These maneuvers are becoming more normal every day in the City of Buenos Aires. So in some way it was something that was expected. The issue is that it was very poorly argued. The platform it is democratic, transparent and harmless. It only offends those who are committing serious institutional offenses. Obviously we bother because they are looking at how to lower it, “Fernández explained in statements to Futurock online radio.
The web platform “www.mapadelapolicia.com” was promoted by the legislator together with various organizations to receive complaints about cases of institutional violence and make transparent the operation of the security forces in the Buenos Aires districtbut prosecutor Ramírez requested its “preventive closure and blockade” as a result of the complaint.
“When the criminal complaint was filed for abuse of authority for having launched the platform, it seemed to me that it was funny, not legally serious. Just the prosecutor, a private individual from the City, legitimizes that presentation, validates it and maintains that it must be blocked and given down the page. That’s where things get more serious, “explained the legislator of the Great Fatherland Front.
While, the page that was launched a month ago already has “45 complaints of police abuse” and continues to function while waiting for the Judge of First Instance in Criminal, Misdemeanor and Misdemeanor Matters, Pablo Casas, to decide whether or not to accept the precautionary measure requested by the prosecutor.
“What happens are situations that are really worrying and that the State should give some response. For the political force that governs the City, it is a priority to remain in this race for who is more to the right, making criminal complaints, moving the judicial apparatus and leaving in Of course, there are issues that should not be messed with, such as the Police,” Fernandez remarked.
And added that “It is ridiculous” to want to block the page since he considered that it is “an extremely democratic platform that does not represent any kind of abuse, but rather aims to detect true abuses of authority and give it some kind of framework.”
“It is also invited to point out what works well with the Police in citizen terms, but for some reason it has not arrived yet,” he added.
