“In fact, Milei is carrying out an economic shock program that will obviously cause great social tensions in Argentina.” It may or may not work, but he is doing something completely different than what he announced during the campaign. What I wanted to refer to is the question of restricting demonstrations, because it is not true that Milei banned protest demonstrations. This did not happen. Anyone can demonstrate in squares, on sidewalks, in the street, etc. What was banned was picketing, which in Argentina is a type of demonstration aimed at blocking cities, including burning tires in the middle of the street. You can't picket in democracies in the developed world. “Forbidden are violent methods of disrupting traffic in the city,” said Magnoli, who cited the United States, Germany and England as examples of the “developed world.”
Guga Chacha asked to speak and contradicted Magnoli, saying that one can “of course demonstrate” on the streets of the USA and urged his colleague to “be careful” with what he says. “You always have to be careful, we are journalists, Demétrio is currently on the program as a journalist, although he often says that he is not.” [jornalista], you have to be careful, nobody talked about banning demonstrations, neither me nor Ariel, we talked about restrictions, and what happened are restrictions. You may disagree, but there is a restriction on freedom [de manifestação] Yes. It’s always important not to blame others.”
Demétrio defended himself and denied accusing anyone of Milei banning demonstrations: “I am not here as a journalist, but as a sociologist. I don’t consider myself a journalist. Secondly, I did not say that anyone here said that demonstrations are prohibited, but that it is a specific type of demonstration that is restricted, which is prohibited in all developed democracies.” In addition, he explained that the ban on the Picket action is “not a ban on the freedom to demonstrate”, but rather a “social regulation of the limits of demonstration”.
Then the sociologist Mauro Paulino taunted Magnoli and called for “commitment to the truth.” “In the middle of the discussion, Demétrio said that he was here as a sociologist and not as a journalist. I'm also a sociologist, but I'm on a journalistic show, at a journalistic station, and I always have to stand up for journalistic truth. I just wanted to make that observation.”
Guga Chacra later emphasized that he and Ariel Palacios had made it clear that Milei had restricted the demonstrationsbut that Demétrio “increased” when he spoke of burning tires on the streets.
Finally, the presenter of “Em Pauta”, Leilane Neubarth, tried to defuse the tensions between her colleagues. “What I found very interesting and want to tell you: Look how this has affected us with our commentators. Imagine how this affects Argentina.”