‘Prison or bullet’: new Argentina government promises harsh response to protest
‘Prison or bullet’: new Argentina government promises harsh response to protest
Well, you guys voted for fascism. Now you’ve got it.
"but he claimed to be Anarcho and anti-government"...
Turns out he was only opposed to good government!
Exactly. Argentina has had an issue with right wing, backwards ass idiots for a long time. They're getting what they wanted
Average self-proclaimed libertarian
My first thought was that this was very un-Libertarian of Milei, and then I got my answer:
José Luis Espert, a legislator in Bullrich’s Together for Change alliance, which is in coalition with Milei’s Liberty Advances party, replied with a three-word phrase: “Prison or bullet.”
Milei did not even say these lines.
It seems to be mostly about cracking down on disruptive protests that block traffic, etc.
Some of this just isn't that bad:
It also limits the participation of teenagers in social protests, ruling that parents of youngsters who should have been at school instead of protesting will be sanctioned.
Fair & good.
Reading past the headline? Yeah...we don't do that here
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Human rights activists in Argentina have expressed consternation over new security guidelines to crack down on an anticipated wave of protests after the incoming government of libertarian president Javier Milei devalued the country’s currency by more than 50%.
The aim of the new rules is to prevent a traditional form of protest known as piquete, in which demonstrators blockade city roads and highways for hours, days – and sometimes even weeks at a time.
“Under the promise of order [the government] seeks to suppress public protest against the effects of official measures,” said the Centre of Legal Studies (CELS) in a statement.
“The measures attack the right to protest and criminalize those who demonstrate and persecute social and political organizations.”Leftist legislator and former presidential candidate Myriam Bregman said on X (formerly Twitter): “What Bullrich announced is absolutely unconstitutional … The right to protest is the first of all rights.” José Luis Espert, a legislator with Milei’s party, Liberty Advances, replied with a three-word phrase: “Prison or bullet.”The new protocol empowers police at train and bus stations to seize face masks, sticks or other elements they consider could be used in a demonstration.
In this way, it criminalizes mothers and fathers who demand better conditions for their families and excludes those in charge of their care,” said the CELS in its statement.Television newscaster Mario Massaccesi of the TN news channel recalled that Bullrich herself blockaded downtown streets in Buenos Aires when protesting against Covid lockdowns.
“What authority does she have now to tell others they can’t protest?” asked the newscaster.Protests are expected in response to the massive wage cuts and transport and tariff hikes announced as part of Milei’s “chainsaw” economic programme.
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Oh boy Ive seen this one before!
Believe it or not, jail...
Yeah no, that's Venezuela, where, believe it or not, maduro runs over protestors with tanks, emulating his Chinese overlords
Fascists gonna fascist..
This article is straight up missinformation. The person who did that quote, ON TWITTER is not affiliated to the Political Party of the Government, they are in fact Opposition
The Guardian showing being a shit source
Edit: Also want to note, multiple claims on the Article not related to the headline are also fake, the Peso was not devalued by Javier Milei, it was already that bad before he became President, what he did was make the Government stop lying about it
You're really fighting the good fight here
It's impressive there's even a fight to be had here, I expected Lemmy to be way more critical than Reddit but people seem to boast being lied to, meanwhile in Reddit this article has already been taken down for missinformation, thanks to the dozens of Argies providing proof of it being the case, saying the same things I am
No. They are not. Espert is currently aligned with JxC (Juntos por el Cambio). And surprise to none, they are running the country basically along with LLA (La Libertad Avanza). And even if that weren't the case, Espert literally threatened leftist parliamentaries. The fucker is even one of the signataries of The Madrid Charter, for God's sake.
The Peso was devalued with Milei, and also before. And will keep being devaluated because this govt does not care about the people. They care about the profit as the govt of Fernandez and Macri did.
The right wing is never the answer. Sadly, those who'll pay the price for being so ignorant about it will be the citizens.
Abd replying to something you said, maybe you have no knowledge about fascism, but Milei is clearly a fascist.
You just gave me the right on everything about Espert... Including that he's just a legislator and LLA having an Alliance with JxC to be allowed to govern... So thanks I guess
However, no the Peso was not devaluated, the Official exchange just moved towards the real exchange since for some reason they dont want to steal more from the Workers and Tourists that fall for the trap of the Official Exchange... HMMMM
And yeah let's just be absolutists and say the right is never the answer, that's obviously flawless and correct and doesnt make you look any biased at all...
And would like to know the quote you are apparently replying to? Because so far Milei has advocated to follow the constitution, has complied with his campaign promises so far and has been democratically elected unlike his opponent in the Elections who has De-Facto President on his Minister of Economy facade, Surely those arent fascists, correct?
And here I thought libertarians hailed themselves as freedom absolutists.
they do. right now they're upset because prison or bullet violates their freedom to choose how they punish other people for using freedom incorrectly. the moderates are outside waving gadsden flags and chanting "prison or bullet OR FIRE OR FLAYING OR DROWNING". Because freedom.