Multiple calls were made to 134 to report the situation: 'This is a disgrace to the entire police force.'
"They told me that a large number of complaints were being filed from different localities in the province and 90% were complaints made by police personnel from the province of Buenos Aires. (...) There are personnel who live in La Matanza and were sent to cover schools in Almirante Brown, they were assigned destinations completely far from the school where they are supposed to vote. Needless to say, they were not allowed to leave," the retired officer reported.
The same source also described the situation as "a shame and outrageous," pointing out that it was a deliberate maneuver to deprive those responsible for ensuring security at the polling stations of their right to vote. "This is a slap in the face to the entire Buenos Aires Police, they're really messing with us. (...) It would seem that the province's police have no rights," he remarked indignantly.
From La Libertad Avanza, the party led by President Javier Milei, they had warned days earlier about these practices, submitting formal requests to the Buenos Aires Electoral Board and even an injunction to the Provincial Supreme Court. They also urged officers to contact 134, the complaint line of the National Ministry of Security, in case they were prevented from voting.
The former lieutenant's complaint confirms the suspicions, since line 134 reportedly received a large number of complaints from police officers, which demonstrates the Kicillof Government's operation to restrict the participation of security forces in the elections.
During the legislative elections in the province of Buenos Aires, serious allegations emerged against the ultra-Kirchnerist Government of Axel Kicillof for having taken measures aimed at obstructing the right to vote of the Buenos Aires Police.
According to sources consulted by La Derecha Diario, numerous officers reported having been sent to guard schools located far from their homes, which prevented them from exercising their right to vote, since they also could not vote at the polling stations where they were assigned to stand guard.
A testimony obtained by this outlet, corresponding to a former lieutenant of the force, reflects the police's discontent experienced during the election: "I called 134 to file the corresponding complaint regarding the electoral issue, concerning police personnel stationed at various schools in the province."
