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With coronavirus infections on the rise and social tension on the rise due to the economic crisis in Argentina, the government of Alberto Fernández faced this Wednesday a massive protest of cops in the main district of the country in demand of salary improvements just at a time when insecurity is at the forefront of the population’s concerns.
The demonstrations have been carried out since Monday night by retired and active police Together with his relatives in municipalities near the capital such as La Matanza, Lanús, Adrogué and La Plata and others in the interior of the district.
With 90,000 troops, the Buenos Aires police is the largest in the country.
The discomfort of the troops was also transferred to the residence of the President Fernández, in the Buenos Aires locality of Olivos, a northern suburb of Buenos Aires. The images of dozens of police officers, many of them armed, demonstrating with flags and drums generated the rejection of leaders of the ruling party and the opposition.
“I am not willing to accept certain forms of demand because they have nothing to do with democratic life, because they have nothing to do with institutions,” the president said in a recorded message broadcast on Wednesday night.
AP “When I see so many stopped patrol cars here in Olivos… I’m thinking about how many citizens were left without patrol (sic) today of those cars and left the fate of the citizens at the mercy of those who commit crimes. I hope they reflect and stop as soon as possible with this mechanism, ”he claimed.
The uniformed have released a petition with more than a dozen claims, among them, a salary increase of at least 56% for some categories and more protection elements in a context of increased infections by COVID-19. They also asked not to be sanctioned for the protest.
The cops had already retired from the presidential residence prior to the message of Fernandez, but they continued to manifest themselves in other parts of the province.
Although he did not validate the protest method, the president admitted that the claim is legitimate and announced the creation of “a financial and fiscal strengthening fund” for Buenos Aires.
The central point of the claim is low salaries – lower-ranking officers receive 34,000 pesos (about $ 430) a month – in a context of inflation and economic crisis worsened by the pandemic.
Before the coronavirus, police officers compensated for these low incomes with additional sums they received for the custody of football matches and recitals but everything is suspended by the quarantine for six months.
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