A group of indigenous leaders withdrew in protest from the installation of a dialogue table in the Vraem between the Government, local authorities and communities. The incident occurred when the President of the Council of Ministers began to speak, Hannibal Torreswhile thanking the presence of the mayors of the area and other representatives at the Pangoa Coliseum.
As he was about to begin his speech, the representatives of the Kanuja indigenous community stood up and left in protest because the mayors had given the prime minister their own clothing from their community.
“The mayors are not owners, they are not indigenous peoples, therefore we feel a lack of respect that they can wear indigenous people’s clothing when it is not theirs”they asserted before the press as they left the work table.
“We do not have results, we do not have any work so that they can put on our attire. That is disrespectful, therefore we are withdrawing because we are going to make drastic decisions and we have to make a stoppage to make our people respect “they added.
They also protested because they assured that they were not given the floor, as was done with the mayors present in the area, despite considering that the representative of the Kanuja community should speak as a representative of the Río Tambo district and indigenous people.
After several minutes, the installation of the dialogue table continued but without the Kanuja representatives who left the coliseum as a group.
It should be noted that Aníbal Torres, along with other members of the Executive, had listened to the Kanuja indigenous representatives as well as from other communities.
