The spokeswoman of the Presidency, Gabriela Cerruti, considered that the protest of the camp called for tomorrow “is a political march”: “It has to do with other interests than defending the legitimate rights of the countryside, which is a fundamental sector for the growth of Argentina. There was no increase in withholdings. They are marching out of doubt against a project they don’t know.” The “tractorazo” was called for tomorrow, from 3 p.m., by producers from different parts of the country, with the label #23A, which was also joined by leaders of Together for Change with other political slogans “in defense of the republic and independent justice.”
“We do not understand the march, it is not very clear, almost with political slogans. If it is against the increase in withholdings, which does not exist, it is not very clear what they are marching for,” Cerruti insisted at the press conference. The spokeswoman stressed that “the countryside is fundamental for the growth of Argentina” and maintained that, “without a doubt, the activity of the countryside and the agro-industrial complex are very important with their exports and that was tried to strengthen with the sending of a bill.” Here there was no increase in withholdings and the truth is that they are marching out of doubt. They are marching against a project that they do not know, that they imagine can happen, so we have no doubt that it is an absolutely political march that has to do with defending other interests and not the legitimate rights of the field that producers have to defend,” he said. The security of tomorrow’s mobilization was also another of the issues analyzed by the national government: the Minister of Security, Aníbal Fernández, gave a press conference at the Government House in which he reported that he communicated today with his counterpart from the city, Marcelo D’Alessandro, who confirmed that the Buenos Aires authorities authorized the entry of tractors to the city of Buenos Aires.
“The City authorized the entry of the tractors. We have nothing to do,” Fernandez said at the press conference, in which he recalled that the national government “has no jurisdiction over the City of Buenos Aires” – except in what corresponds to the custody of federal spaces – and maintained that given the authorization provided by the Buenos Aires administration to the entry of tractors into its territory, the Nation has “nothing to do.” This morning we contacted the Minister (of Buenos Aires Security, Marcelo) D’Alesandro, who informed me that they authorized the entry of the tractors, so we have nothing to do then. We are not going to participate, only (we will) taking care of the federal spaces accordingly. The other thing will be done by the City of Buenos Aires, with the permission it granted, and the City Police,” explained the head of the Security portfolio.From the city of Buenos Aires, D’Alesandro explained that they received “a communication from the organizers of the mobilization to warn us that they were going to demonstrate.” “The rights are not authorized and in the City the rules are the same for everyone: the right to claim and petition the authorities is in the National Constitution. We cannot prohibit it, but we are working to order it and guarantee that this right does not collide with the right to circulate,” said the Buenos Aires official. To the criticism against the march was added the Minister of Productive Development, Matías Kulfas, who pointed out that “there is a sector of the countryside that is a political arm of Together for Change” and added: “They will be against anything we do, but I see them all the time buying machinery.” The march called for tomorrow generated several crosses on social networks: the leftist leaders Néstor Pitrola and Alejandro Bodart and the Buenos Aires legislator of the Frente de Todos, Ofelia Fernández, targeted the head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta for his position regarding social protests.
che larreta if for you when a social movement marches you have to get the plans out of them, when the field goes, do you have to raise the withholdings? Or are there good gears with tractors and bad gears with poor ones? https://t.co/wr3GwB2H0E — Ofelia Fernández (@OfeFernandez_)
April 22, 2022
“Che Larreta, if for you when a social movement marches you have to get the plans out of them, when the countryside is going, do you have to raise the withholdings? Or are there good marches with tractors and bad marches with poor people?” asked Ofelia Fernández on her Twitter account. On the other hand, representatives of JxC presented a judicial proposal to “guarantee” that the tractors that will be mobilized to Plaza de Mayo, can circulate freely. According to the organizers, the demonstrators – with their tractors – will be concentrated from 10.30 in three meeting points: Route 9 and 193; Route 8 and 195; and Route 7 and Route 5. As authorized by the Buenos Aires Government, they will be able to converge on the Obelisk and from there march to the Plaza de Mayo.
