Formosa: quell protests for the return to phase 1 of quarantine

After returning to phase 1 of social, preventive and compulsory isolation (ASPO) fr Formosa, Protesters gathered today at the Government House to reject the measure taken by Gildo Insfrán. The concentration led to severe police repression.

As of 12 p.m. yesterday, all movement certificates have expired and only essential workers will be allowed on public roads. Yesterday’s announcement follows several complaints against the provincial government for the human rights violation in the isolation centers.

Shouting “We want to work”, hundreds of people rallied at the government headquarters, where the complaint led to a fierce confrontation with the police, who fired tear gas and fired rubber bullets at the protesters. A few minutes later, social networks are full of messages on the situation in the capital.

“Formosa has no legitimacy, the president must act. Formosa is overwhelmed, there is no rule of law here, ”denounced Grabriela Neme, a Formosa councilor, who attended the demonstration and denounced the police repression.

“They have taken this measure for 17 cases,” said Celeste Ruiz Díaz, also a Formosa councilor, referring to the measure implemented yesterday by the disposal of the authorities of the Advice for the global attention of the Covid-19 emergency.

As the demonstration continued and the harsh confrontation with the police began, who quelled protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets, Governor Gildo Insfrán inaugurated a seat of the judiciary and the Santa Teresita Institute, in the Las Lomitas neighborhood, according to the report of the provincial leader from his Twitter account.

Meanwhile, Formosa government minister Jorge Abel González spoke out on the issue and targeted protesters. “We are in a strange situation, it started yesterday when groups of people who do not agree with the health policies that we are implementing this time around in the city carried out violent protests yesterday,” he said. responsible in dialogue with C5N.

“The government house was the subject of very violent attacks by the demonstrators, today the group was larger,” González added.

Consulted on the recent and controversial measure adopted, González said that in the past three days, the city of Formosa had 43 cases. “Most have no epidemiological link, it indicates community circulation, the only mechanism to stop this is ASPO for 14 days. The epidemic affects 34 districts of the capital ”, declared the minister, arguing that in the rest of the province, the situation is normal.

“Today we have 93 cases in total in the capital. Should acts of violence affect health decisions? The concept of city for you is strange. There is a group of people against this measure, going from there to say that there is a difference. There was a mobilization with 250 people, it started yesterday, they agitated in the networks calling to set fire to the Government House, here there is a person with a political interest ”, underlined González.

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