Violent Kirchner militants physically assaulted opposition councilors in the Villa Gesell Deliberative Council after they voted against the 2026 municipal budget promoted by the management of Peronist mayor Gustavo Barrera.
The episode occurred inside the venue and continued outside, in an act of political violence that generated an immediate repudiation of opposition sectors.
Councilwoman Clarisa Armando was one of the main victims of the attacks. As he said, the climate of tension was previously promoted: “The discussion took place in a context of a lot of violence called by the mayor and the officials and by the truckers' union.” After the negative vote, the attacks began immediately.
“First inside the venue and then when we had to leave. I had to go out to accompany one of the councilors who broke down in the ambulance, they physically attacked us, not only us, but the health personnel who had been present to assist the councilwoman,” she said
.Armando identified the aggressors as “Kirchnerist militants who represent the municipal union, publicly convened by officials”, and pointed directly against the political model of the local government: “This is precisely the Kirchnerist model, that the results are as they want or are by force”.
In addition, he reported threats after the events: “There were threats. In Villa Gesell we live 45,000 inhabitants, who all know each other, who the next day we go out on the street and they know where we live, we meet in the supermarket, in the butcher shop
