Overview
- Opposition deputies failed to reach quorum for a megasession and, after leaving the Chamber on Thursday, deputy Lilia Lemoine walked into the Marcha Federal Universitaria on Avenida Rivadavia where she was confronted by a group of protesters.
- Video clips circulating online show protesters chanting and insulting Lemoine while she posted that she was soaked, spat on, hit with dirt, stones and eggs and that people tried to break her phone.
- Police and gendarmerie used a water cannon and tear gas during the afternoon as isolated groups damaged public furniture and threw stones, leading to several detentions and reports of minor injuries.
- Union leaders and university organizers called the march successful while denying responsibility for violence and calling alleged attackers 'infiltrators', and union figures also accused the government of pressuring provinces to withhold quorum.
- The protest was the fifth Marcha Federal Universitaria and drew students, faculty and unions pressing for enforcement of the Law of University Financing, a dispute that now overlaps with a broader parliamentary standoff and competing political narratives.