From 2:30 pm this Thursday, October 2 Manifestations have been presented in the vicinity of 73th Street with Carrera 8, in Bogotámore exactly in front of the building of the National Association of Entrepreneurs of Colombia (ANDI)as far as groups of people who have sustained confrontations with the public force arrived.
For that reason, from the District Government Secretariat They reported that “They suspended the dialogue stage”With the protesters for the escalation in violence.
“We reject these actions that affect and intimidate those who are not part of the mobilizations and delegitimate their peaceful objective. We reiterate that in Bogotá there is no place for violence, nor the hate messages that seek to justify it and divide us as a society”, Said the entity.
(You can read: Protests and ‘siege’ against Andi: what is happening with the guild).
It should be remembered that the call for the day of protests was carried out on Wednesday, October 1, the Global Sumud FlotillaInternational Delegation that departed towards Gaza to bring humanitarian aid. The vessels, in which there were two Colombians, were intercepted by the Israeli forces in international waters.
Andi building, in Bogotá
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Consequently, the delegation convened a plant at the Andi headquarters, because, they say, it is a “entity that supports links with the economic mission of Israel in Colombia and the mining sector that legitimizes commercial relations“With that country.
(Further: Person who would be behind protests against Andi would have a public contract).
In the midst of the protests, a group of hooded people vandalized the police CAI of 72 Street with a seventh race, a couple of meters from the Andi building. First, they knocked down the fences that were part of the security cord and then break the glass of the structure and leave paint stains around them, as well as messages registered in the walls such as: “Tombos H ***”
In addition, they consigned similar hate messages to those that were put on the walls of the T zone, during the day of demonstrations last Monday. In the case of Thursday, the hooded vandalized the CAI with messages such as: “The rich ask for volunteers for their wars”
Cai de Avenida Chile, Ras demonstrations on the outskirts of the Andi building, in Bogotá
Néstor Gómez / Portafolio
About 6:05 pm, Transmilenio confirmed that because of the mobilizations that are reported in the town of Chapinero, different bus routes SITP They presented deviations, including: 166, 193b, FA410, KA306, KA319, KA332 and KB303.
The demonstrations have not only reported in Bogotá, as cities like Medellín and Cali also joined the mobilizations. In the capital of Antioquia, for example, a group of hooded men with paintings vandalized the Andi building.
He Mayor Mayor, Carlos Fernando Galánin the middle of a press conference, he rejected the vandalism that has been presented in the last hours.
Galán also said: “I saw that this demonstration was supported by the President of the Republic. He is in his entire right, nor more was there, but I take the opportunity to call on the president, to call him those who manifest, so that they do not appeal to violence, so that they do not destroy, so that they do not affect the assets of the people of people“
The security device
According to him District Secretary of Security, César Restrepothis situation had already been foreseen, which is why the alerts were evaluated from early hours and coordinated with the entities that are at eventual risk, so that both their safety and that of the city generate adequate protection.
“We value the risk and then make a combined effort to protect them, which is our obligation. In compliance with the procedures determined by the law, Decree 003 and Decree 053, the first national and second place, we are following those stages and, when the stages enable us to use force, we do it“said César Restrepo.
(Besides: Fleet boat with help for gaza endures in the Mediterranean after Israeli operational).
Protests on the outskirts of the Andi headquarters, in Bogotá
Néstor Gómez / Portafolio
In addition, the secretary pointed out that there is always the risk that, within these manifestations, some individuals go to action, commit vandalism and affect people.
“In 72 there is a fray at this time and they loaded on the CAI. When the police arrived, they dispersed. We have tanks, we have the undo, we have the strength available. What happens to these individuals? The same as at the university: when the police react, then they spread so that they are not captured“added the Secretary of Security of the City, who reiterated that they are constantly monitoring Bogotá’s protests, to measure the risk and attach the response they give from the institutions.
‘False accusations’
Already at night, the Andi spoke about the accusations that have been made to the guild about his supposed role of Israeli trade in the country.
“We reject the statements where it is said that the association normalizes trade with Zionism. They are statements that stigmatize a sector such as the productive that contributes to the generation of employment in the country. Nor is it responsible to put at risk the structure of commercial relations where it is the national government who must lead them with a long -term vision and with the greatest possible strategy“adds the president of the Andi, Bruce Mac Master.
And he added: “ANDI has always tended to boost commercial alliances to diversify exports with different international markets. It is not about ideological nearby, these are economic relations that affect workers, entrepreneurs and families that are involved in productive activity“
El Tiempo – Bogotá
