President Pedro Castillo expressed solidarity with the Vice President ArgentinaCristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who suffered a failed attack tonight by a man who fired a weapon near her face without firing a shot as she greeted her supporters in front of her home in Buenos Aires.
Through his Twitter account, the President stated that the Peruvian government condemns the attack “on his life” and rejects “all acts of violence.”
The “attack” that Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said the Vice President suffered this Thursday, Christina Kirshneris the apogee of the acute political tension that the South American country has been experiencing since August 22, when a prosecutor demanded 12 years in prison for her for alleged corruption.
The man was arrested Thursday night after holding a firearm and pointing it at the face of the former president, who reflexively squatted down in the middle of the escort who protected her as she arrived at her home in the district capital. Recoleta.
“This attack deserves the strongest condemnation of the entire Argentine society, of all political circles, because these events affect our democracy. We have an obligation to restore democratic coexistence, which has been disrupted by hate speech from different spaces. judicial and media,” the president said.
As soon as this news became known, Alberto Fernandez announced his appearance on the national network, in which he announced this Friday a day off (holiday) so that “the Argentine people in peace and harmony can express themselves in defense of life, democracy and in solidarity” with Vice -president.
Weapons on Christina Kirshner’s Vigil
Around 9:30 pm local time (7:30 pm Peruvian time), in the midst of a constant vigil of Kirchnerist supporters who had settled near the former president’s house since August 22, a man pointed a gun at Fernandez’s face. .
Security Ministry sources told Efe that members of the Argentine federal police in charge of detaining the vice president were warned by protesters on the scene that “there would be an armed man among them.”
“For this reason, he was identified, detained on the streets of Yunkal and Uruguay (next to the house of the vice president), and a weapon was found a few meters from the place. The situation is under control,” sources told Efe.
According to the Ministry of Security, the man has Brazilian citizenship and, according to Interpol, has no registration in his country. The seized weapon is a 32-caliber Bersa assault rifle, which has an incomplete number 250 in its database, suitable for firing, according to the same sources.
“The man put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. Kristina remained alive, because for a reason not yet technically confirmed, the weapon, which had five bullets, did not fire despite the trigger,” the head of state said in his speech.
Political polarization that lives Argentina instigated street demonstrations for and against the former president as a result of a jail sentence petition in an oral trial over alleged violations in the distribution of public works during his administration (2007–2015).
Since then, supporters of the former president have staged a picket in support of the doors of her apartment, where incidents were also recorded last Saturday over the decision of the metropolitan government led by opposition leader Horacio Rodriguez Larreta to put the fence in place.
Source: RPP
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