A strong dispute marked the session of Accountability of the Municipal Council of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The session began with a confrontation between the president of the Legislative, Silvana Mucarzel, and the councilors Gabriela Garzón (UCS) and Rosario Callejas (MAS), who demanded that the act be held with open doors.
Muncarzel argued that the measure responded to security reasons, since he denounced that the municipal executive had sent a large group of officials to press the councilors. Garzón protested with a megaphone And then he went to the courtyard of the council, where he met with neighbors and annoying leaders for not being able to enter.
Protests inside the council
During the session, the councilor Garzón took the floor and asked to allow the public to be allowed. “Accountability are publicthey cannot be done by closed doors, ”Garzón claimed.
Miarzel replied that the session was being broadcast live and that nothing would be hidden, but insisted that the closure of doors was for security. “The mayor has sent his people to intimidate us,” The President of the Council said.
Callejas also demanded that the public enter the entry and questioned the restriction. “We cannot choose who enters and who is not. This is not the house of the councilors, it is the house of the town, ”he claimed.
Before the refusal, Garzón interrupted the session shouting and demanding the opening of doors. Even brought a megaphone To be heard, but was ignored by the rest of the councilors.
Protests abroad
Outside the council, neighbors and leaders of the Federation of Neighborhood Boards (Fejuve), led by Orlando Peña, protested because they did not let them in.
“We pay you with our taxes and discriminate against us”said Peña, while the crowd shouted “Be councilors!”And he pressed against the council fence.
From the Autonomous Community Bank (CA), through their press group, they denounced that Mayor Jhonny Fernández would have sent 2,000 officials To boycott accountability.
