Deputies: the obscene gesture of Cristian Ritondo towards the legislators of the Frente de Todos

A scandalous session took place yesterday in the Chamber of Deputies. After failing in its attempt to seal the re-election of Cecilia Moreau – and the rest of the authorities – as head of the body, the Frente de Todos suffered another setback, not gathering the quorum for the special session scheduled for this Thursday. When the legislators of Together for Change left the premises, amid shouts and insults crossed with the ruling bloc, Cristian Ritondo made an obscene gesture towards his Frente Todista peers. After ‘saying goodbye’ with a kiss to the pro-government deputies, after the session was adjourned, the head of the PRO bloc in the Lower House introduced the index finger of his left hand in a circle formed by the index finger and thumb of the other. Quickly, the legislator joined the palms of his hands and began to move them from one side to another, as if dismissing the legislators of the ruling party. “It was not offensive or improper (the gesture), and it did not go to the ruling party or Kirchnerism. He was violent and macho. It was political violence against the Speaker of the House, Cecilia Moreau. And against all. On the floor of Parliament. All limits have passed,” said presidential spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti.Ritondo, for her part, said by sharing a tweet from her colleague from Banking, Mercedes Joury. “How much hypocrisy…. more coming from the president of the Women’s Commission – alluding to a post by Monica Macha, who said that her gesture is part of “the culture of rape as a political practice.” Stop trivializing gender violence and making feminism selective. Your silence stunned when your government benched an abuser in his seat and a macho governor of your party attacked María Eugenia Vidal,” said the PRO legislator. The former Buenos Aires security minister also referred to the vehement attitude with which he was seen in yesterday’s session. “I raise it too: I shout because they shit in Congress, in the regulations, in the laws, in the institutions. I also scream because they refused to give me the floor. They only appear to squeeze Justice. That’s me, the one in the video, screaming that there was NO quorum,” he said.

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