Patricia Bullrich criticized Cristina Kirchner: "To say this is state terrorism is a total trivialization."
Security Minister Patricia Bullrich responded harshly toCristina Kirchner 's statements, who accused Javier Milei's government of engaging in " low-intensity state terrorism ." " To call this state terrorism is a total and absolute trivialization ," Bullrich declared in a statement to A24.
The official maintained that such expressions "devalue words" and questioned Cristina's attempt to "use bombastic phrases to avoid accepting that, if one commits a crime, one does it and pays for it." She also insisted that the former president is seeking to establish a victim narrative to avoid judicial responsibility.
Patricia Bullrich took aim directly at Kirchnerism , which she blamed for attempting to delegitimize judicial action. As an example, she mentioned the case of the attack with manure on the home of Libertarian deputy José Luis Espert , an incident for which seven people have already been arrested .
"When there is a serious public threat, with official planning and means, my responsibility as Minister of National Security is to ensure that the Justice Department has all the information to move forward with the investigation," she stated. She added: "We will not allow acts of violence to be hidden behind grandiloquent rhetoric."
Patricia Bullrich also referred to the sign that Brazilian President Lula da Silva displayed with the slogan " Free Cristina " during a recent meeting with the former president. For the minister, the gesture came as no surprise: " Lula always conducted politics in Argentina supporting Kirchnerism. Néstor, Cristina, and Alberto Fernández ," she said.
The image recalled the "Free Lula" campaign promoted by the Workers' Party during the Brazilian president's imprisonment in 2018. Bullrich differentiated the two contexts and maintained that "a firm conviction for corruption cannot be compared to political persecution."
For the minister, Cristina Kirchner 's statements attempt to delegitimize the government and the judicial system. " Talking about state terrorism in a democracy is disrespectful to the real victims and to Argentine history ," she stated.
Bullrich closed with an emphatic message: "The law is equal for everyone. There is no more room for impunity, nor for discourse that seeks to hide crimes behind politics."
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