About 136 authorities from the Cauca Regional Indigenous Council (Cric) are present at the Inter hotel in Bogotá, with the objective of requesting the guarantees of decree 1811 corresponding to the social and economic emergency that the native peoples of Cauca have.
The Cric authorities assured that They are waiting for the pertinent meetings with Government spokespersons. Taking into account that during this year there have been dialogues around this topic.
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“The historical, persistent and systematic antecedents for not advancing in the agreement with Decree 1811 of 2017 and other previous agreements, were almost like a state policy, but thanks to dignity as peoples, to dialogue and social mobilization, but, above all, to the recognition that the government of President Gustavo Petro has given to the historical struggle of the indigenous peoples, progress is being made on what was agreed upon,” the spokespersons said.
It should be noted that, In the government of Juan Manuel Santos, Decree 1811 was signed and the state acquired some commitments with the organization and its communities, but non-compliance with the provisions was a general rule by the following leaders, who, through non-observance of what was agreed, ignorance of what was agreed and detracting value from the pledged word, the feeling of struggle and resistance and the need to mobilize to demand rights.
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This way, The Four-Year Plans ordered by the Decree had minimal compliance, But, above all, indigenous policies were not formulated in the Joint Commission that would allow rights to be developed and made viable, only until the current government of President Gustavo Petro.
One of the objects of the decree is to establish urgent and effective mechanisms that guarantee attention to the social, cultural and economic emergency of the indigenous peoples of Cauca, through indigenous public policy initiatives and investment plans in matters of territoriality, environment, human rights, development of constitutional norms, economy and food security at the head of the Ministries and the national government entities responsible for them.
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