Thousands of Argentine workers gathered in the capital’s Plaza de Mayo today to stand up for unity, sovereignty, respect for rights and democracy.
On Peronist Loyalty Day, members of numerous organizations expressed their support for the Frente de Todos (FdT) and condemned the September 1 assassination of Vice President Cristina Fernández.
Participating groups included the Union Front for the National Model, the Federal Workers’ Current, La Cámpora, Popular Unity and Militant Peronism, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Founder Line, the Central de Trabajadores de Argentina (CTA) and the CTA Autonom, among others.
These entities issued a joint statement affirming that national unity “will last only if it is built with the people as the protagonist and essentially in search of the common good along the path of peace to the point of full conquest of the land must be based on social justice.” “.
Furthermore, they denounced the existence of a de facto corporate power, controlled by a few, that stands above the democratic system, evading the will of the people and thwarting their legitimate aspirations.
It acts violently to preserve its privileges by controlling vital sectors of the economy. It speculates and blackmails inside and outside our territory and uses the International Monetary Fund debt as an empire weapon in complicity with local groups, he adds.
It also condemns the manipulation of the mass media and the use of the judiciary to persecute and ostracize popular leaders.
The document calls for coordination between the state and trade unions and social organizations to combat poverty, inflation and speculation; create new jobs; strengthen the internal market and, among other things, promote tax reform.
During the act, CTA Secretary General and FdT MP Hugo Yasky warned of the dangers of neoliberalism, which is defended by the opposition alliance Together for Change and former President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019).
Those present shouted slogans like Néstor (Kirchner) lives! and Cristina President!
“That’s the feeling of this square and the vast majority of those who watch us from all corners of the country,” Yasky said.
For his part, Máximo Kirchner, MP and leader of the Justicialista party in the province of Buenos Aires, accused Macri of indebtedness and destruction of the state.
He didn’t have a government plan, he had a business plan. He broke something that the city had a hard time building. However, we cannot afford sadness, there must be hope. We will go ahead and offer a country project in 2023 that really represents Argentine society, he said. (LP)