The most shocking photos of the incidents in Congress in the midst of the debate over the agreement with the IMF

The Congress experienced moments of tension at the beginning of the session where debate the agreement with the IMF when in the vicinity of the building there were protests that included stone-throwing, burning of tires and Molotov cocktailsand that ended with incidents and confrontations with the Police.

Shortly after the start of debate in the chamber of the Chamber of Deputiesaround 3:00 p.m., demonstrators who had gathered in the vicinity of Parliament They began to throw stones and Molotov cocktails at the façade, which caused windows to break in the presidential office.. They also set fire to tires.

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The incidents occurred at a time when groups referenced on the Left, such as the Polo Obrero and the MSTmobilized to reject the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In this sense, the leader of the Polo Obrero Edward Belliboni He denied that his space had participated in the disturbances and assured that it was a small group and that he did not know its origin.

“We came to demonstrate, thousands and thousands of people against a humiliating, colonial agreement, which means enormous violence against the Argentine people,” he said in statements to the press.

The Polo Obrero detached itself from the incidents: “It was a small group, perhaps the Government sent them”

On the incidents in front of Parliament, Belliboni noted: “There was a group here, we don’t know who sent them, a very small group that ended up throwing stones at Congress. Maybe the government sent themperhaps the services, here it is not the first time that it is going to happen”.

“What we have come to demonstrate here is against the violence that the International Monetary Fund, the government and the opposition are going to carry out against the population. There are 40 percent poor in Argentina, 5 million indigentnot a small group that we do not know what orientation it has, what it wants, but that clearly had nothing to do with the vast majority of the mobilization that opposes an agreement with the Fund, which is going to bring more misery, more indigence and more lack of work,” Belliboni added.

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Inside Congress, while the incidents were taking place, the deputies continued with the project discussion, which was agreed upon by the majority blocks. According to police sources, “Congress was not fenced by decision of the National Government.”

Before the arrival of personnel from the City Police with shields, the protest moved away from the building towards the area of the Plaza del Congreso. However, a group of protesters continued to throw stones at police personnel. The tension lasted almost until 5:00 p.m.

Sources of the City Police indicated that “it was possible to identify the aggressors and progress was made gradually restoring order“. In addition, they confirmed that “there were arrests”, although without specifying the number.

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