After the attack on Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the President of the Nation, Alberto Fernández questioned the fact, said that “it is of enormous gravity,” and catalógo as “the most serious since we recovered democracy.” In this sense, the president detailed the assassination attempt and maintained that “Cristina remains alive for a reason, which they have not yet technically confirmed, because the weapon that had five bullets, was not fired despite having been triggered.” During a national broadcast, he remarked that what happened “moves all the Argentine people,” and affirmed that “it deserves the most energetic repudiation of all political sectors and all Argentine society.”
“These facts affect our democracy, we must recover the democratic coexistence of the judiciary and media. We may have differences but in a democratic society speeches that promote hatred cannot take place,” he said. In addition, he explained that the event was of an “extreme institutional gravity” and that the “social peace was altered.” “I call on all Argentines, political leaders, the media and society, to reject any form of violence, we need to isolate and repudiate the stigmatizing and offensive disqualified words that divide and confront us,” he said. Finally, he revealed that he contacted the judge investigating what happened and asked her to clarify the situation as soon as possible. While he closed by informing that Friday the second of September will be a national holiday, “so that in peace and harmony the pubelo can manifest itself.”
