After joining the call indefinite national strike since Monday, November 8, a measure that emerges from the transport union sector, The Pro Santa Cruz Committee also takes part in the calls that focus on the protest against the “centralist and authoritarian” measures taken by the Government.
Fernando Larach, vice president of the Civic Committee for Santa Cruz, questioned the background of these laws and the intentionality that prompts its approval. “BThey can submit to the institutional framework of Cruceñto so that the rebellion ends, the desire to protest ends; they want that people be submissive, “said the civic.
Larach participated in an interview on the EL DEBER Radio program ‘Influentials’ and called on the population to participate in a peaceful and orderly manner in the indefinite national strike. “Let’s not fall into violence” recommended the microphones before.
For the civic, the strike called mainly by The Confederation of Guilds of Bolivia “It could be avoided if the Government attended the application of the mobilized sectors and repeals the challenged law. “
In addition, Larach stressed that the problem stems from the decision of the Movement Toward Socialism to suppress the 2/3 in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly for the approval of certain laws. “Without two thirds, without consensus, only the imposition remains, “he said..
From the microphones of EL DEBER Radio, Larach also questioned the Executive for its “policies against the Santa Cruz model”, stating that the tense situation that you live in the country “It is not a fight between cambas and collas” otherwise rather it responds to interest of the MAS for dominating the Santa Cruz territory. “They do not want the Santa Cruz people, they want their lands,” he adds.
On the other hand, the Vice President of the State, David Choquehuanca, summoned the members of the Unity Pact to stop the protests and defend the Government of Luis Arce. He called the union’s protest a coup, seditious and destabilizing.
For Larach, these manifestations “do not leave their context of qualify everything that comes out of Santa Cruz as a coup “. The civic considers that it is “their narrative” and that they also “seek a scenario like the one in 2008 to overthrow the Santa Cruz rebellion and persecute us.”For this reason, he insisted on the call to be a peaceful strike without confrontations. “Violence is not our form of protest,” he points out, although he acknowledges that there is also the presence of violent groups.
Evaluation of the administration of the MAS
Consulted about the first year of the Government of Luis Arce Catacora, Larach challenged the inaction of the president. “But what management did he do?” interrogates.
Arce “had the opportunity to be a great president if he governed for all Bolivians,” he said. In his hands was “to get the country out of an economic crisis, of a health crisis “, since the previous temporary administration did it badly.
“I had the opportunity to reconcile the country and deepened the conflict “, Larach pointed out.