The subsistence crisis facing uniformed personnel in Argentina has shattered the principle of silent subordination. Sectors of the Federal Police, National Gendarmerie, Argentine Naval Prefecture (PNA), Airport Security Police (PSA), Federal Penitentiary Service, and members of the Armed Forces have organized a nationwide day of peaceful protest this Monday, including a work stoppage and a rally in front of the Centinela Building —the Gendarmerie's headquarters in Buenos Aires—and at various locations throughout the country, demanding urgent salary increases and decent working conditions.

The strike, revealed in a report published by the iProfesional portal (signed by journalist Alejandro Di Biasi ), highlights a critical situation: the starting salaries for members of the armed forces barely exceed $800,000 pesos , a figure that pushes thousands of uniformed personnel and their families below the poverty line amidst escalating inflation .

A demand that goes beyond vertical discipline

Despite the fact that Argentine laws and repeated rulings by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation prohibit unionization and the right to strike for the armed and security forces, considering that the verticality of command is incompatible with union activity, economic hardship forced a horizontal call to action through social networks, without visible organic leaders to avoid disciplinary reprisals.

According to iProfesional , the list of demands includes:

The call brings to mind the events of last February in Santa Fe following the shock of the suicide of an agent in Rosario, an event that triggered marches and "siren blasts" until forcing a provincial negotiation table.

The systemic crisis: The adjustment behind the discontent

This widespread unease is not an isolated incident; it is the visible symptom of a structural void that permeates the entire security and defense apparatus of the Nation:

The call to protest in front of the Centinela Building and the delegations in the interior demonstrates that the fiscal adjustment plan on Defense and Security has reached its material limit: the national State cannot sustain operations or guarantee territorial control if its own custodians do not receive an income that guarantees they can cover the basic food basket.