translated from Spanish: Food Emergency: Social Movements Around Congress

Social movements will speak today in front of the National Congress, where from 11.30 the food emergency bill will be discussed, driven by the opposition but which officialism already advanced yesterday that will accompany. The so-called “cayetanos”, the CCC, Barrios de Pie-Somos, CTEP and the Dario Santillán Front- will march to Congress to follow closely the discussion of the bill agreed between opposition forces and which has the approval of officialism. These organizations were joined by the Front of Organizations in Struggle (FOL), which yesterday raised at midnight the camp that had set up in the Plaza de Mayo.

Demonstrators around Congress.

Marianela “Pini” Navarro, of the FOL, recounted that the government called them and made “some progress”, and for that reason they raised the camp and will be in Congress.Earlier, in statements to FutuRock, CTEP leader Gildo Onorato noted that “with 50% of gdpand and low line of poverty and hundreds of thousands of families unable to feed, hunger must be the top priority of this government’s and coming government’s public and political agenda.” It is a fair, reasonable, call within the framework of institutional dialogue, for conflicts to be addressed and the State to have instruments and not to proliferate social overflows, which is what no one wants in this crisis situation.” Meanwhile, a sector of these social movements keeps camping on 9 de Julio Avenue, which began yesterday. Eduardo “Chiquito” Belliboni, of the Polo Obrero, an organization that together with Barrios de Pie Libres started yesterday the camp for 48 hours in front of the Ministry of Health and Social Development, confirmed it to the agency Télam by stating that “the protest will continue”.” There’s been no government response, almost 20 hours from camp. We continue in the claim to open programs and increases. Despite the harshness of the night and the cold, we remain steadfast until tomorrow at 10 in the morning,” the social leader said. In this note:

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