• The 'VIP vaccination' of Argentina Politicians, trade unionists, businessmen and people close to power were immunized

The "VIP vaccines" scandal that has been shaking the government of Alberto Fernández in Argentina for a week led to massive demonstrations in the main cities of the country this Saturday.

"Give me back my vaccine!"

Said some of the banners hanging on the fence of the Casa Rosada, the seat of the Argentine government.

The demonstrations, called on social media, were attended by several

leaders opposed to the Peronist government

of Fernández, although they were not formally identified with any political party.

The revelation that a "VIP vaccination center" operated on the second floor of the Ministry of Health unleashed

the biggest crisis in the 14 months of Fernández's government

.

The scandal led to the dismissal of the Minister of Health,

Ginés González García

, replaced by his hitherto number two,

Carla Vizzotti,

who has just confirmed that he was infected with covid-19.

Kirchner leaders and relatives of the minister were among those irregularly vaccinated.

After two days of some confusion, Fernández reacted with visible anger during an official visit to Mexico, defined what happened as

"a clown" by the opposition

and also attacked justice and the media.

The president also reacted this Saturday to the march, which was deployed in various settings, from Plaza de Mayo, the country's political center, to Quinta de Olivos, the residence of the heads of state in Argentina, and cities such as Córdoba, Rosario , Mar del Plata and Mendoza.

"The way to demonstrate in democracy cannot be to display

mortuary bags with names of political leaders in

front of the Casa Rosada

.

This regrettable action only shows how many opponents conceive the Republic. Let us not be silent before such an act of barbarism," the president tweeted.

A group of protesters deposited a series of black bags that simulated mortuary bags and were accompanied by various legends.

"I was waiting for the vaccine, but Alberto's friends applied it to him,"

said one, while others mentioned Gonzáles García or Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Black mortuary bags with the legend "I was waiting for the vaccine, but Alberto's friends applied it to him."

"They promise you equality and they even steal your vaccines," a protester told

La Nación

newspaper

.

Others called for

the resignation of the president,

who has a mandate until December 10, 2023. A 96-year-old woman, aboard the passenger seat of a car, showed a sign with the legend: "No VIP. No vaccines."

There is still no clarity about the number of vaccines that were administered to friends of power in a country that so far

only immunized about one percent of its population.

Former President

Mauricio Macri,

one of the main opposition figures, celebrated the success of the demonstrations on Twitter: "Excited and happy to see how once again the Argentines mobilize, showing that they will not allow the abuses and abuses of the government".

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