October 17, 2022, 4:08 PM
October 17, 2022, 4:08 PM
There are rapprochements between the Government and the civic in an attempt to suspend the indefinite strike that should begin this Saturday, this was announced by the Mayor of Santa Cruz, Johnny Fernández, at a press conference, confirming that this meeting should be held without conditions.
“I had news a while ago that dialogue is approaching, let’s hope it has results”, was the concise response of the Santa Cruz mayor when the journalists asked him if he was going to abide by the indefinite strike, which is scheduled to start this Saturday.
In that framework, “I feel that both parties already want to enter into that dialogueIn fact, today I have been informed that some spaces are going to open and hopefully it will be as soon as possible and that people continue working, that the dynamics continue, that the census continues and that it does not stop, nor that we can have more stoppages,” Fernández said later.
On the night of September 30, the council gathered in El Cristo approved an indefinite work stoppage from October 22 if the Government did not call the Population and Housing Census in 2023 and whose results should be ready in 120 days. The Executive tried several strategies to dismantle this measure, however, it was unsuccessful..
This Monday, the presidential spokesman, Jorge Richter, again said that the Executive is willing to install a negotiating table immediatelybut called on civic leaders to get rid of the conditioning they have.
“We want dialogue and the dialogue must be without injunctions, without ultimatum and without conditions, and there we sit; therefore, we have not closed the date”, Richter indicated at a press conference.
According to the spokesperson’s explanations, Decree 4760 establishes the conduct of the national survey for the first semester of 2024, but there is a period in which you can talk. In this way, he opened the possibility that the date is not closed.
In the month of September, the mayor of Santa Cruz had stated that the census date was not closed and that an upcoming date could be discussed, but he asked the parties to sit down to negotiate. What the Government believes is that once the date is set, another issue will arise that again causes conflicts, such as the fiscal pact, for example.
