Controversy over a decree by Alberto Fernández on his last day as president

In the official gazette of this Saturday, hours after the inauguration of Javier Milei as president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández signed his latest decree in which he establishes that former presidents of the Nation can request the protection of the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) outside the country. Until now, the PFA had the obligation to guard former presidents as long as they request their security for some special reason, but decree 735/2023 modified the regulations. The signatures of Fernandez and the chief of staff, Agustín Rossi, officially established the change, from which the national body commits to “provide the security of the President of the Nation, the Vice President of the Nation, the Former Presidents and their direct relatives, as well as the Government House. Olivos Presidential Residence and other places of temporary residence of the President of the Nation and his family.” Likewise, with the modification in article 15, the outgoing president established the possibility of requesting custody in case of displacement outside the national territory. “It is established that, in accordance with the terms set forth in article 14, in cases of land displacement within and outside the country, the custody of the President of the Nation, the Vice-President of the Nation, former presidents and their immediate families shall be the responsibility of the Presidential Custody Division, the Vice-Presidential Custody Division and the Former Presidents Custody Unit, respectively. in accordance with the directives and orders issued by the Chief of the Military House and those established in Article 8 of Decree No. 3469 of May 7, 1963,” the document states. The change in the resolution caused an immediate repercussion on social networks, and especially on X -ex Twitter-, where the word “decree” was positioned among the first trends in the country.

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