The president of Argentina is blaming a recent attack by protesters on the ideology of his predecessor and political adversary.

Argentinian President Javier Milei was pelted with rocks on Wednesday during a campaign stop at the Lomas de Zamora district of Buenos Aires.

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Rocks, bottles, and other projectiles were lobbed by the protesters as the president was greeting locals from the back of a pick-up truck.

Security was forced to cover the leader and whisk him away from the scene. He left the area without being harmed.

Milei later took to social media to blame the scuff-up on his rival, former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

“Civilization or barbarism,” he said on social media with a photo taken at the scene showing a rock flying towards him. “Kirchnerism never again! End.”

The president spent the subsequent hours retweeting messages of support and admonishments of “Kirchnerism” from political allies.

Milei’s sister, Karina Milei, is currently facing accusations of corruption related to an alleged kickback scheme.

Audio recordings have emerged in which Diego Spagnuolo, head of the country’s disability agency, alluded to Karina Milei accepting bribes.

The president and his sister have fiercely denied the reports and have expressed intent to take Spagnuolo to court over the remarks in the recording.

“Everything he says is a lie,” Javier Milei said of Spagnuolo in comments to the press on Wednesday. “We’re going to take him to court and prove he lied.”

La Libertad Avanza, Milei’s libertarian party is holding a significant lead in the polls ahead of the midterm elections set to be held in October.

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A survey conducted by AtlasIntel for Bloomberg News found just under 39% of respondents planned to vote for Milei’s party, compared to just 28% who intended to vote for its main rival, Union por la Patria.

The president’s libertarian policies have resulted in noticeable drops in poverty and inflation, while unemployment remains a hurdle.