November 7, 2022, 8:41 AM
November 7, 2022, 8:41 AM
Santa Cruz begins its 17th day of indefinite unemployment in demand for the census in 2023 with national support, since from this Monday (November 7) several regions of the country join the mobilizations with strikes, hunger strikes and roadblocks. Meanwhile, in Trinidad (Beni) the technical table that will define the date of the survey could take up to five more days, although the Minister of Planning, Sergio Cusicanqui, went ahead and pointed out to Santa Cruz that he had not “demonstrated the feasibility of conduct the census in 2023.
Roxana Graz, president of the Potosino Civic Committee (Comcipo), in contact with EL DEBER, assured that From today (Monday) mobilizations begin in Tarija, Beni, Pando, Cochabamba, Oruro, La Paz and Chuquisaca. He clarified that his department will join the national protest after its civic anniversary, which is commemorated on November 10, and once the Potosí International Fair (Feipobol) concludes, which will last until November 13.
“Each department has its regional requests due to the poor management capacity of the Government. We in Potosí are requesting a census, but our biggest problem is lithium, have an evaporite bill, higher royalties for the department, protection policies for Cerro Rico, among other things,” Graz said.
Likewise, it considers that the technical table that takes place in Trinidad is a government delaying actionwhich would no longer have arguments to support its census position in 2024. “The Government has always played at delaying any possibility of a quick solution, but it does not realize that it will get out of hand and all of Bolivia will join the fight because the people are tight in the stomach and are going to come out to demand a prompt solution”, he warned.
In Tarija, from midnight on Sunday, the population complies with a indefinite strike with roadblocks to demand from the Government the national survey in 2023. In the early hours of this Monday little vehicular and pedestrian movement could be observed in the streets, despite the fact that there is a permitted supply schedule from five in the morning to 10:00.
For his part, Manuel Morales, representative of the Conade de La Paz, ratified that from this Monday several strike pickets in wonder city given the lack of attention on the part of the Government to the census demand in 2023. He also affirmed that the freedom of the people unjustly detained from Adepcoca and in the confrontations in Santa Cruz and the freedom of the politically persecuted are demanded.
The Departmental Association of Coca Producers (Adepcoca), which had announced the blockade of roads in La Paz for this Monday, demanding the release of its detainees and the completion of the census by 2023, The measure was suspended until further notice. Eduardo Mamani, representative of the Defense Committee, indicated that this Saturday, November 12, an assembly will be held in the Yungas to define the steps to follow. He announced that starting a fence around the department of La Paz is being considered.
In turn, Apollinaris Rivera, president of the Civic Committee of Cochabamba, affirmed that they are prepared to join the measures with a strike from this monday.
The president of the Civic Committee of Oruro, Rosario Sandalio, also confirmed that from this Monday several pressure measures will be carried out, such as marches and roadblocks, complying with the call made by the civic leaders of the country. Sandalio announced that the measures are being coordinated with different sectors.
The president of the Civic Committee of Beni, Hugo Aponte, indicated that a Vigil on the outskirts of the Beniana University until the technical tables set a date for the census. Likewise, he confirmed that the department joins the protest measures with a road blocking from this Monday.
In Santa Cruz, the department that leads the protest and that this Monday marks 17 days of indefinite strike, people stand firm in the streets. The Santa Cruz governor, Luis Fernando Camacho, made it clear that indefinite unemployment continues As long as no white smoke comes out.
“With the national strike we are also going to continue because we are for a cause against an abusive government that has changed the date of the census”, Camacho said.
