Former Buenos Aires Security Minister and current Deputy of Together for Change, Cristian Ritondo, said on Saturday that regardless of whether Sergio Berni remains in office after the crackdown on gymnastics fans, “the underlying problem is that (Axel) Kicillof has abandoned a stadium security policy and replaced it with improvisation “.
Ritondo said that since Kicillof took over the governorship, several measures that had been taken during the management of his predecessor María Eugenia Vidal have been eliminated. such as facial recognition, the “safe court system” and the fight against barrabrava.
He said that “depending on the level of risk, we put two or three safety rings in place. So how could it be that the fans who wanted to enter were at the gates of the state on Thursday? “With the fan dead on Thursday, the management of Kiciloff adds four deaths in football stadiums. With that policy, we didn’t have any. “
He estimated that with the first data of the repression on Thursday “it could have been ticket overbooking and police mistakes like not calculating the wind before using tear gas. Furthermore, «a government cannot access club requests to play a game of this level of risk and repercussion at night have more television rights. The first is security “.
“It is not the police that is fundamental. The basic question is the direction of Kicillof and Berni. Security policies require planning and control, not improvisation, “Ritondo told Dato about Milenium radio Dato.
During his management of Vidal “they played more than 550 games with the public away, without victimsremoving the barrabrava and the drugs from the fields and getting the family back to enjoy football, “Ritondo said.
Asked if Berni should step down, he said “the opposition it is not becoming ministers but I am worried that the minister will speak like that a spectator on safety “.
He explained that “making mass shows requires leadership, planning and professionalism. Instead, when chaos reigns and the only law is that of the strongest, so we all lose ”.
The minister must meet, he explained, the leaders of the clubs, the police and the head of the Agency for the Prevention of Violence in Sport (A.Pre.Vi.De) before authorizing a match.
“We need to discuss in advance what the most difficult match is, the times, know if there are bars facing each other and thethen take the necessary safety measures“, He added.
He said that “we disarmed the United Argentine Fans who had armed Kirchnerism and confronted the gangs.”
Furthermore, “the right of admission of spectators must be borne by the State, not from clubs“.
He said that during Vidal’s administration “more than 550 games were played with the visiting public without casualties, removing barrabrava and drugs from the fields and getting the family back to enjoy football.”
In this context, “access to more than 3,500 bars was prohibited and 10,317 people were arrested for violations in the stadiums. Also, more than 100 bar bosses were arrestedyes Among them Bebote Álvarez from Independiente for illicit association, who is now free, and Víctor Rodríguez for entrances.
Source: Clarin
