The senator of the Guazú Front, Sixto Pereira, justified the road closures in order to press for sectoral demands.
He said this in the context of a conversation with journalists in Congress, in which he pointed out that although the blockades violate the rights of third parties, they are only temporary.
“How if in the Constitution is the right to petition and mobilize. And generally when there are mobilizations you don’t go on a pilgrimage or pray rosaries,” Pereira said.
He stressed that the road closures represent valid resources to press for objectives that led to the mobilization,
“Generally some actions are taken when the State does not satisfy some needs requested of the State. So what are you going to do, then in one way or another the mobilizations affect the rights of third parties, they say. But not permanently or prolonged. This occurs, for example, when journalists demand their rights for better salaries, and what do they do, if they don’t go out on the streets, they sit down, ”he said.
Although he did not delve specifically, Pereira admitted that the inclusion of the protest against the Zavala Riera law (against invasions of private property) is on the truckers’ agenda.
“That’s what truck friends say, it’s a criminal law,” he replied when asked about the subject.
Regarding the matter, this Monday the trucker leader Darío Toñanez accused the five imprisoned trucker leaders of following the agenda of the Guazú Front, including opposition to the Zavala Riera law in the list of demands.
