July 24, 2022, 12:00 PM
July 24, 2022, 12:00 PM
President Luis Arce highlighted this Sunday the support of the Eastern Block, an alliance that brings together unions and social organizations related to the MAS in Santa Cruz, against “groups that only seek to destabilize” his government.
The president’s statement took place in the context of the strike of 24 hours that was convened for this Monday by Santa Cruz institutions that demand a “timely and transparent” census” in 2023 and not in 2024, as defined by Decree 4760.
“We value the deep commitment of our Santa Cruz social organizations, which are more united than ever to defend democracy, against groups that only seek to destabilize. We feel strengthened by your support, thank you very much social organizations of Santa Cruz”the Head of State wrote on his social media accounts.
In addition to supporting Arce and Vice President David Choquehuanca, the Eastern Bloc supports the “rescheduling” of the census so that it is carried out between “May and September 2024.” Decree 4760 establishes that the registration will be between May and June 2024.
The organization rejectsThe strike of activities that will take place from zero hours on Monday “called by the Government and the right-wing elite” began.
The protest measure was called by the Committee Interinstitutional that was createdHe defended the census after the postponement of this great survey that was scheduled for November 16 of this year.
The rector of the University Autonomous Gabriel René Moreno (Uagrm), Vicente Cuéllar, who leads this entity, presented a technical proposal in La Paz for the census to be carried out on June 28, 2023, but it was not heeded.
The Government recalled that the deferral of the census was agreed upon at the meeting of the ConsNational Council of Autonomies (CNA) that met on July 11. The governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, did not attend that meeting.
“You cannot make a stoppage for the request of a chachón, of a lack”, criticized the Minister of Public WorksÉdgar Montaño, who announced that the Three Thousand Plan organizations will not abide by the pressure measure.
“Let’s do this strike with peace, letting our authorities, police and military pass. We are going to show that this people is united and is strong, peaceful and democratic”Camacho noted.
