Senators from the opposition and government of Argentina joined in solidarity with Cristina Kirchner, victim of an attack on Thursday night (1st). One of them, Luis Naidenoff, of the Unión Cívica Radical – an opponent of Peronism – says that the moment of gravity that Argentina is experiencing is related to “an escalation of violence in the political debate that does not measure the consequences”.
For Naidenoff, the attack is a particularity of the Argentine situation. THE Sheet, the senator says that he is aware of the speculations made in Brazil due to the nationality of the man who attacked the vice president, but discards other links with the Brazilian scenario. “The confrontational environment that allowed the terrible incident only corresponds to the local reality”, he says.
“We know that Bolsonaro has been making statements against Peronism, but hence associating the aggressor’s attitudes with Bolsonarism is hasty and shallow”, says Naidenoff.
Behind the attempt to shoot Cristina is, according to the senator, ‘a friction that has the logic of identifying enemies”. space for something like this to happen”, in a critical tone of the government of Alberto Fernández.
Like other opposition leaders, Naidenoff condemned the attack, but he does not agree with the president’s declaring a national holiday on Friday (2) nor calling on militancy for marches and demonstrations in the streets of Buenos Aires.
“We should all be up and working today, both opponents and government supporters. The president is wrong to point out enemies as he did on national television, accusing the press, justice and opponents of instilling hate speech”, argues Naidenoff. “In times like the ones we live in, it is necessary to call for moderation and courage, and that is up to the political class, the leaders before anyone else”.
The Argentine senator describes Bolsonaro’s public silence as regrettable while several leaders expressed empathy for Cristina Kirchner. “This is up to him, but I believe that, first of all, it is necessary to make a gesture of solidarity, to show humanity, nothing can come before that. Then we make political criticism.”
