Agustín Rossi assured that the army would not do internal security and that it would be disarmed

“We are not going to carry out internal security tasks. The armed forces will not be deployed at night but during the day. And the troops will be disarmed, because they will be soldiers dedicated to health tasks,” he explained. wednesday evening at Bugle Minister of Defense Agustín Rossi.

Rossi was consulted by this newspaper following the tightening of health restrictions that Alberto Fernández announced this evening and which contain two unpublished condiments: ordered the federal forces to apply the measures and especially the ban on movement between 8 and 6 a.m. the armed forces are deployed in certain points of the AMBA, especially in test sites.

The presence of the armed forces in civil affairs is very sensitive because they cannot, by law, be used to carry out internal security tasks.

“President @alferdez has set himself the clear goal of preserving the health of Argentines. As we have been doing since day one of the pandemic at @MindefArg, military personnel will provide health support across the country, ”Rossi tweeted after the presidential announcement.

the number of soldiers to deploy. In fact, the defense call came from the Presidency two days ago. But it is assumed that there will be thousands.

Rossi defended the executive’s decision to deploy the armed forces as a health issue in the face of a “complex” scenario. Pointed out that they would tasks planned with the Ministry of Health, and that, as has been decided, the places where they will be have not yet been defined. It is estimated that the majority of troops will be deployed in the province.

“We have doctors, nurses. It is an operation like the one that was carried out when they went out to provide food” in the most disadvantaged areas “, he said and recalled that they are already planning the deployment of various mobile hospitals that the forces have.