The Buenos Aires legislator of the PTS in the Left Front Alejandrina Barry presented this Wednesday a request for reports on the acts of institutional violence that occurred on Tuesday during the operation of the City Police in the area of the Buenos Aires Obeliskwhile thousands of fans celebrated the triumph of the Argentine National Team in the semifinals of the World Cup.
“It was an event that could have caused a catastrophe, since thousands of people attended,” said the legislator in a statement, adding that the Buenos Aires Security Minister, Marcelo D’Alessandro, “cannot continue to lead the police.” .
D’Alessandro also faces an impeachment request by the Frente de Todos as a result of their participation in the trip to Joe Lewis’ ranch in Lago Escondido, Bariloche.
“The meeting place was filled with families who came to celebrate with very young girls and boys. That the City Government inform who gave the order to fire tear gas and hit dozens of fans”Alexandrine Barry
“We presented a repudiation and a request for information so that the City Government informs who gave the order to fire tear gas and hit dozens of fans,” Barry added in this regard.
The lawmaker also asked which police station was in charge of the operation, if there was a previous action protocol for the deployed security operation.
For Barry, “The will to set up a repressive scenario was clear from before the festivities began”since “Avenida Corrientes, one block from the Obelisk, was fenced off by the City Police.”
“The meeting place was filled with families who came to celebrate with very young girls and boys, but nothing seemed to matter to the Buenos Aires City Police who, under the command of Marcelo D’Alessandro, who has already returned from Lago Escondido, launched tear gas and detained fans,” he said.
