The national government, through the Ministry of Security, filed a complaint today against four individuals who had caused serious incidents near the Congress while the Labor Reform bill was being debated in the chamber. They were accused of creating "a scenario of terror." All detainees are charged with 'Attack on the constitutional order and democratic life; Attack and resistance to authority, grievous bodily harm and damage,' all aggravated by having been carried out with the aim of 'provoking terror and submerging the public powers.' The document, signed by Lisandro Franco, Director of Normativity of the Security Ministry, asked the justice system to investigate the 'illegal actions' of the accused, who had as their objective 'to generate a scenario of terror for the citizenry, to attack members, federal and local power structures, and with that to depose or inhibit the functioning of Congress, and to violate the integrity of the federal security forces.' 'This is the first group of violent individuals identified, who yesterday (Wednesday) sought to destabilize the country,' the official added in the complaint. Among the attacks described, evidence was found of individuals and organizations possessing flammable liquids, incendiary explosives of homemade manufacture, blunt and dangerous objects that were thrown against federal security forces who were in the place, in the performance of their duty.' Likewise, he emphasized that 'the disturbances were replicated at different times of the day, and had the purpose of establishing a scenario of clamor and terror in the community, with the exclusive objective of inhibiting and/or obstructing, in whole or in part, the legislative activity that is being carried out in accordance with constitutional rules.' 'They do it, they pay,' concluded Monteoliva. Some 20 individuals had been arrested the day before, following the disturbances they caused at Congress, while another 40 were detained. Of the two dozen detainees, the justice system has already released 16, while the remaining four, whose identities were confirmed by Monteoliva in the video, remain under arrest. Beyond the arrests, damaged fences, broken sidewalks, remnants of projectiles and burned signage were part of the landscape left by the incidents during the clashes between the protesters and the security forces. 'Here they are, with name, surname and face,' added the minister, as Noticias Argentinas agency learned. Likewise, she emphasized that 'impunity is over for these men, we are going all out.'
