Pablo Ojeda, one of the people who is in the national leadership of the march, reported that the series of demonstrations began on March 9.
“It is carried out in several districts, departments and in Asunción. They are groups that monitor and present to the authorities the demands of various organizations that make up the prolonged struggle”, he stated.
He said that the regularization of land in peasant and indigenous settlements is a historical problem.
“Our request for claims is related to the Riera-Zavala law (law that increases the penalties for invasions). Precisely the ill-gotten lands do not want to clarify. We demand that the Government repeal that law. It is a total injustice,” he commented.
He maintained that the land is a social heritage that they possess, and regretted that for a piece of land they are considered criminals with sentences of up to 10 years in prison.
“Another issue that we have come to claim is the political trial for Sandra Quiñónez. She acts as the President of the Republic, or as the National Police. We believe that this lady is related to narco-politicians and they are supporting her. We want him to leave the prosecution, ”she stated.
ITAIPU
Another point that motivates the measure of force is the opening of a work table on the Itaipu issue. He alleges that the binational is of national sovereignty. He points out that it cannot be that a handful of people negotiate 50 years of sovereignty.
“That is why we propose that the three powers present concrete proposals. They request only crumbs. We want them to install agrarian policy at the negotiating table and to fight for important things”, he concluded.
The march is called; “Prolonged fight against all injustices.” It is developed through resistance tents and various forms of mobilizations in more than 20 points of the country.
Specifically, they request; the repeal of the “Riera – Zavala” law, immediate cessation of evictions, a State policy for national production, Paraguayan sovereignty in Itaipu, impeachment of the State Attorney General, Sandra Quiñónez, and the drop in fuel prices.
