November 17, 2022, 23:05 PM
November 17, 2022, 23:05 PM
While a tour was carried out in the arteries of the capital of Santa Cruz to take the temperature in compliance with the indefinite strike, the EL DEBER team observed that a group of trade unionists from the Belén market, located in the third ring and radial 26were complying with the measure demanding the completion of the Population and Housing Census in 2023.
Clotilde Padilla, vice president of the Belén market and substitute supra-state deputy for Creemos, reported that most of the merchants of said supply center They are “firm in the fight” and displaced on the third ring road, at different blockade points, also in support of the demand from Santa Cruz.
“We, the true trade unionists who are established, pay taxes and are with the people of Santa Cruz. We are not part of the group that went out to march the other time and that is led by René Troncoso,” said Padilla, highlighting that they do not need hoods to mobilize.
He noted that although every morning They are serving the population until 11:00 in the morningafter noon the trade unionists in the capital of Santa Cruz close their stores and then go to their blockades, according to the agreement with which the sector reached together with the Civic Committee of Santa Cruz.
Claudia Valderrama, representative of the Belén market, said that the measure is carried out because are not heard by President Luis Arcesince the request of the association and citizens is that the registration be carried out in 2023.
“We are and we love Santa Cruz,” he said.
While Édgar Álvarez, representative of the trade unionists in Santa Cruz, stated that more than 50% of the sellers are complying with the strike in a mobilized way and the rest is fulfilled by staying in their homes.
In telephone contact with the EL DEBER team, the president of the National Trade Union Confederation, Jesús Cahuana, reported that the merchants, in Santa Cruz, They are supporting the measures of the Interinstitutional Committee from day oneIn addition, they also collaborate with food for the common pot.
Cahuana reported that this Friday he will be in Cochabamba to coordinate the mobilizations that will be carried out by the unionists from Cochabambaaccording to the assembly held in Oruro, on Monday, November 14, where pressure measures and blockades were determined demanding the registration in 2023 and the approval of the census law so that the distribution of parliamentary seats takes place as of 2025.
