Alfonsín: “It is wrong that Argentina is the only country to suspend face-to-face lessons” – Télam

Ambassador in Madrid: “It is wrong that Argentina is the only country to have decided to suspend face-to-face classes.”

The Argentine Ambassador to Spain, Ricardo Alfonsn, assured that “it is wrong that Argentina is the only country to suspend face-to-face courses”, given the progress of the pandemic and considered that “a republican does not seriously do electoralism”, after the presentation of the head of government of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodrguez Larreta, before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation against the restrictions decreed by President Alberto Fernndez .

“A Republican politician does not seriously engage in electoralism, that is, he does not place the interest of the party above the general interest. And as citizens we have to be careful. to this behavior which, I insist, has nothing republican, “assessed the radical leader, it is a statement.

The representative of Argentina in Madrid further assured that “It is wrong that Argentina is the only country to have decided to suspend face-to-face lessons “, in the face of the dizzying advance of the second wave of coronavirus and referred to some countries in Europe that have imposed similar restrictions.

“A Republican seriously knows that as a citizen he has not only rights but also obligations and responsibilities. He does not believe he has the freedom or the right to infect or saturate hospitals.”“

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“Under circumstances like ours, many countries have taken similar action. Germany, France, the UK and Italy are just a few examples. Intellectual dishonesty in the debate, Republicans has nothing to do with it. “Alfonsn replied to the opposition’s arguments.

The ambassador insisted that “a Republican seriously knows that as a citizen he has not only rights but also obligations and responsibilities. He does not believe he has the freedom or the right to infect or to saturate hospitals “.

The Government of the City of Buenos Aires filed this Friday before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation an action declaring unconstitutionality against the provisions of Decree 241/2021 relating to the presence of classes, suspended from next Monday and for a period of 15 days in the metropolitan area of ​​Buenos Aires (AMBA) to mitigate the second wave of coronavirus.

The precautionary measure goes against article 2 of the decree, published in the Official Journal, and proposes to the Supreme Court to order the national state to “ abstain, until the final judgment and firm is made, of any act which put into execution the decree in question “.