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“I’m scared it’s going to start a movement,” he said.

"Whenever it rains he is very scared and thinks it's all going to happen again," says Jennifer, adding that the event has affected his behaviour.

"Reasons include feeling afraid the abuse will escalate, fear their children will be taken away, scared they won't be believed by police or other agencies, having nowhere to go, no access to finances."

Ms Elliot, 37, said the current policy was "not fit for purpose" and the system had made parents "scared" to call schools when their child could not attend for legitimate reasons.

But rather than set up the Peronists for another win, it scared enough people to come out to vote against them seven weeks later, analysts said.