Dialogue table begins in Huancayo with the presence of Ministers of Agriculture, MEF, Interior, Culture and Tourism

With the presence of the Minister of Agriculture, Óscar Zea; the Minister of Economy and Finance, Óscar Graham; the Minister of the Interior, Alfonso Chávarry; the Minister of Culture, Alejandro Sánchez; the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Roberto Sánchez and the Deputy Minister of Transport, Victor Alejos Siguas. started the Dialogue table at the Wanka Coliseumfrom the city of Huancayo, to provide a solution to ranchers, farmers, merchants and heavy load carriers who have been on an indefinite strike since Monday, March 28.

The meeting is held with a certain disorder, work tables have been divided, chaired by each minister. In which they talk in groups. In the same environment there are demonstrators protesting, and outside a confrontation has broken out between protesters and police.

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Earlier in a press conference at the House of Culture in El Tambo, the Minister of Culture, Alejandro Sánchez; the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Roberto Sánchez, the Deputy Minister of Transport; the regional governor of Junín, Fernando Orihuela, announced that the dialogue table would begin at the Wanka Coliseum with the presence of the ministers of Agriculture, Energy and Mines, the Interior, Economy and Finance.

“Of the solutions that are addressed in Huancayo, they will be solutions for the entire country,” said Alejandro Sánchez This is a meeting in which he demands solutions from the Executive Power and the Executive Power will provide solutions through dialogue, we hope that the dialogue prosper as it should prosper, we are willing”, he added.

In his turn, the minister of Roberto Sánchez indicated: “We have come an advanced team by order of the President of the Republic (…) to create adequate conditions for today, Saturday, to install the dialogue table,” he said, announcing his intention that install a dialogue table recognized by ministerial resolution and that has a term of 5 working days. “This is going to be a great assembly where we want to put on the table the problems of the demands with the sufficient political will of the Executive and the accompaniment of the authorities, because all the congressmen of the region are accompanying and we welcome the presence of Cardinal Pedro Barreto”, said.

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On the other hand, he lamented the death of three people due to circumstances related to accidents in the context of the strike. “We greet the Wanka people with great respect, asking for the dialogue table to be set up,” he said.

When questioned about President Pedro Castillo’s statements that the strike is about paid groups, he said: “There have been small groups that have attacked private property, public institutions and small, very small groups have been seen not contributing to the dialogue a peaceful protest, the people have the right to protest but with respect and that has not happened, the president’s statements may have been manifested. We are sure that he will clarify it as he corresponds, “said the Minister of Commerce. On the other hand, he apologized for the late reaction of the Central Government when it arrived in the Junín region to set up a dialogue table on the fifth day (yesterday) of the strike.