The president of Conaie assured that it is not a formal suspension of the mobilizations, but a pause out of respect for ancestral traditions.
The president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), Leonidas Iza, assured this Thursday (October 28, 2021) that its members will return to the communities to pass the holiday of deceased and analyze in assemblies the actions they will take to demand changes to the Government of Guillermo Lasso.
«We are not going to suspend (the demonstrations) but we only return to pass the deceased because we are respectful of the traditions of our people, “he said before dozens of followers in an Andean town.
Ecuador will start on Saturday a holiday of five days for the Day of the Dead and for the Independence of the Andean city of Cuenca.
“We are going to make a little bridge, many families come from the cities to greet our families, to share a little laundry, to share with our brothers who have left,” Iza noted.
And he added that in the communities Assemblies will be established to continue analyzing the situation, as well as the new government invitation to advance in a dialogue on November 10.
He indicated that in an assembly at the national level they will say “about 10 (November) under what conditions do you accept or do not accept the topic of the dialogue and with the presence of all the peoples and nationalities of Ecuador ».
The indigenous leader questioned that Lasso Today began a trip abroad until November 7, when various social groups are waiting for answers to their demands and harangued their supporters: “Long live the uprising, long live the struggle!”
The president of Conaie He assured that there is outrage among Ecuadorians and that the president, “instead of responding to what the people are asking (says) ‘I better get out, I’m going to another country”; Do you think this is fair, comrades? (sic) », he asked.
The announcement of the return to communities by the indigenous leadership occurs after 72 hours of demonstrations streets in which, among other demands, they ask that the price of fuel be frozen at June values as they consider the government announcement last Friday to suspend the gradual increase in the cost that was applied by the Government of Lenín Moreno insufficient. EFE
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