Buenos Aires Mayor Defends Security Operation During Senate Land Law Debate

Buenos Aires City Mayor Jorge Macri defended the security operation conducted during the Senate's debate on the Land Law last Thursday. He asserted his administration's determination to impose order within the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA).

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We will not let them turn the City into the worst of the conurbation.

"We will not let them turn the City into the worst of the conurbation," Macri stated during an appearance on the LN+ program 'La Cornisa.' He criticized some protesters, suggesting they aim to export problems unresolved in their own municipalities or the province to the capital.

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There is full coordination in each of these events. We have cleared the city of pickets.

Macri emphasized the close coordination between city and national security forces. "There is full coordination in each of these events. We have cleared the city of pickets," he affirmed. He further characterized the events near the Congress as exceeding a political grievance, labeling the participants as "delinquents" and stating, "This is not a peaceful march."

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When you face this, you are not facing a political grievance: they are delinquents. This is not a peaceful march.

Regarding the law on the inviolability of private property, Macri expressed support for accelerating the restitution of occupied properties. "I think the law is an advance and it is good that there can be express evictions," he concluded.

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I think the law is an advance and it is good that there can be express evictions.