translated from Spanish: Government called on feminist organizations to “coordinate” by 8M march

Demonstrations are scheduled for the commemoration of Women’s Day on March 8 and 9. However, so far, the main feminist organizations that have confirmed their presence have not processed permits in the Metropolitan Intendency. Moreover, on Wednesday the same 8M Coordinator filed an appeal for protection against the agency, calling for “respect for the right to assembly”. In this regard, the organization stated that they “found it “much more prudent” to present this measure “instead of seeking permission to mobilize on the streets.” In view of this, the Government began coordination to establish security measures. It was the Undersecretary of Crime Prevention, Katherine Martorell, who was consulted on this issue, calling on organizations to approach and coordinate a layout. “We have been coordinating together with carabinieri how we can generate that the demonstration can be done in the safest way. (…) establishing guarantees for those who participate or are close to where the demonstration will take place,” he said. “We invite you to coordinate (…) We want to establish a layout. We convene disensee them and we hope that we can coordinate together,” he replied.

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