Buenos Aires, September 5 (RHC)-- Argentinian protesters participating in a march called by social organizations and retirees to reject President Javier Milei's veto of the retirement mobility law were sprayed with tear gas outside Congress on Wednesday.

Retirees marched from Congress to Plaza de Mayo to reject President Javier Milei's veto of the pension adjustment law approved by Congress, which aims to establish a salary increase for retirees equivalent to 8.1 percent, to make the situation of the sector less vulnerable to rising inflation and the libertarian economic policy.

The march was organized by the National Coordinating Board of Retired and Pensioner Organizations, which represents dozens of groups.

The protest also had the support of social organizations, unions, political groups and student movements.  According to local media, members of the Argentine Naval Prefecture were deployed outside Congress to activate the anti-picket protocol of the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich.

The security forces stationed in front of the protesters acted in a similar way to last Wednesday, when a demonstration was repressed with tear gas and baton blows within the framework of the "anti-picket protocol" promoted by Minister Patricia Bullrich.

The retirees demand that Congress annul the veto, arguing that what is at stake is not only the increase, but also the lack of transfer of funds from national taxes to provincial pension funds by the Government and its refusal to pay court rulings in its favor.

This new march continues the campaign to collect one million signatures against the veto, coordinated by 35 groups of retirees, among which are both historical organizations and new spaces that have emerged in response to the neo-liberal economic adjustments.