moments of strong tension were found this Monday morning near the Quilmes municipalitywhile the Advisory Council – which has its headquarters in the same building – debated a draft regulation on the matter regulate the activities of car attendants (“rags”) and move forward with a new scheme paid parking lot in the district.
According to the municipality, this came about while the initiative was being processed Incidents between protesters and members of the Buenos Aires police force at the door of the community building, located at the intersection Alberdi and Paz. This was confirmed by the provincial security ministry A woman was arrestedafter it was discovered that he was throwing stones at the agents.
Tensions in Quilmes over a protest against a regulation intended to regulate rags
Sources from the local government running this Interim mayor Eva Mieriwho took over in December after the departure of Mayra Mendozaexplained that the project responds to this repeated complaints from neighbors and traders due to unrest, conflict and extortion related to the informal activity of car guards.
In this context, they stated that the initiative is part of a comprehensive transport planning planwith the aim of improving vehicle traffic and regulating the use of public space. “A regulation for tendering is currently being voted on, which also includes existing workersthat is, those who are registered and do social work,” municipal sources said.
However, the local board emphasized this is not assigned directly Service to a cooperative, as claimed by the Free movement of excluded employees (MTE). “The decision is to conduct an open tender so that any bidder who meets the specifications can apply,” they officially emphasized.
The riots were recorded Videos that circulated on social networkswhere a large group of protesters clash with Buenos Aires police. The community also announced this Some Protestants entered the church buildingwhich exacerbated the climate of tension. Private security forces, who normally guard the municipal administration, were also deployed on site.
The criticism of Juan Grabois and the tensions with Mayra Mendoza
After the incidents, the social leader Juan Grabois It was aimed directly at local management. On his social networks, he accused the mayor of “enabling, together with the government of Buenos Aires, the repression of militants and workers”, while what he called “… “Manipulated privatization of paid parking spaces”. He also denounced the arrest of a woman who he said was carrying out journalistic reporting tasks and called for her release.
In contrast, this is Quilmes Gastronomy Chamber expressed his support for the project. In a statement, he emphasized his support for the introduction of paid parking, especially at night in areas with a high concentration of catering establishments. According to the industry, this is what the measure aims to do Organize public space, improve blood circulation and promote coexistence between neighbors, traders and visitors.
After the official presentation of the project, the Union of National Economy Workers (UTEP)along with Grabois and district car-sitting organizations, said so State of alarm and mobilization. From the industry, they question the scope of the initiative and claim that it is not a simple vehicle planning plan, but rather one Concession regulation with the aim of a “business package” in favor of a group of companies.
According to them, the regulation unifies the management of paid parking spaces with parking systems. Photomultis and scalesand forms – at its own discretion – a private collection unit with little government control. “It is intended to entrust the management of public spaces and the collection of fines to a private person with a judicial record, instead of giving priority to the state or cooperative administration,” the organization said after a meeting on Friday.
The conflict reveals a new focus of political and social tensions in Quilmes, where the debate about urban planning intersects with broader debates about informality, control of public space and the role of the state in relation to social organizations.
Mayra Mendoza’s strong message against Juan Grabois
The former mayor of Quilmes and current deputy of Buenos Aires Mayra Mendoza sent this Thursday a hard audio message for the national representative Juan Graboisafter the incidents recorded in the morning at the municipal headquarters, in the midst of a conflict related to the Traffic regulations and formalization of “Trapitos” who work in the district.
The protests were led by militants Free movement of excluded employees (MTE)an organization led by Grabois that has an increasingly strained relationship with Mendoza, one of the main references of The Campora And most trusted leader of Cristina Kirchner in the suburbs of Buenos Aires.
According to the former community leader during the riots a neighbor was injured who was in the center of Quilmes and carried out an operation. This episode was one of the central axes of the reproach that Mendoza leveled at the social leader.
“I will not fall in love with the psychopath you are trying to punish.. You don’t respect me, I don’t know who you think you are. “What you represent is what is not needed in the community,” begins the audio recording published by Infobae. Throughout the message, the MP blames Grabois disrespectfrom promote a climate of violence and to oppose a policy that, as he stressed, aims to make deals Order and formal work to historically precarious sectors.
In this context, Mendoza linked the current conflict to other decisions of his municipal administration, such as: Elimination of blood traction and the Reorganization of the municipal collectorsMeasures that also met with resistance at the time. “I was chosen by the people of Quilmes to found this community,” she said, warning that she will not tolerate situations that lead to attacks on neighbors: “Even injured a neighbor who was about to undergo surgery. I won’t allow it“.
The tone of the message escalates as the former mayor draws a personal and political line. “Your way, your style, your strategy of wanting to drive others crazy and make them feel guilty doesn’t work for me.“, he explained, making it clear that the connection with Grabois is currently going through its most delicate moment.
One of the most tense passages in the tone points directly to this political leadership of the social leader. “I find it hard to believe that we both have the same interests and respond to the same drive. “Sometimes I doubt what your leadership is, Juan Grabois, and what you really represent,” Mendoza began, in a sentence that reveals the inner fissures within the Kirchnerist space.
The confrontation reveals once again a growing fracture between sectors of territorial Peronism and social organizations in the context of Major conflicts in the suburbs and open debates about the role of the local state in the face of informality, use of public space and protest modalities.
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