National government and Unemployment Committee meet urgently

This Thursday, May 27, the national government urgently summoned the unemployment committee. While it’s unclear exactly what will be discussed at the meeting, this is expected to be the start of a dialogue table to reach a deal that benefits the company.

“We were waiting for the summons to start negotiations, but this summons is last minute and we don’t know what it is” one of the spokespersons for the Unemployment Committee told RCN Radio exclusively.

Likewise, the Committee spokesperson noted that only two delegates from the sector leading the protest attended the blitz.

The presidential advisor for stabilization and consolidation, Emilio José Archila, will be the coordinator of the government team for issues related to the Unemployment Committee at the negotiating tables, following the resignation of the Commissioner for Peace, Miguel Ceballos.

In this sense, if a preliminary agreement is signed at the meeting which takes place from 19:00 at the headquarters of Compensar, that is, guarantees are given by the national government to carry out a peaceful demonstration, it will install Table negotiations to find ways out of the strike.

It should be noted that, this Friday, May 28, the union leaders called for a new mobilization within the framework of the national strike, which will take one month.

In recent days, the Catholic Church has called dialogue to put an end to the crisis and the violence experienced in recent weeks across the country.

“In the negotiated solution, we must persist in the meeting, in the dialogue, in persisting in the possibility of building together a great pact which will lead to the transformations that the country needs”, declared Mgr Héctor Fabio Henao, representative of the episcopal conference and counselor for peace.

Regarding the panorama of violence unfolding in the country, on May 26, the Inter-American Commission issued a statement in which it condemned human rights violations in the national context and outlined the reasons for which she was considering the working visit.

“The Commission points out that in at least 1,038 protests, there were cases of death, disappearance, injury and sexual assault due to the disproportionate and illegitimate use of force. These events were recorded, in particular, in cities such as Bogotá, Cali, Pereira, Popayán and Yumbo, and had particular effects on indigenous peoples, women and people of African descent >>says the agency.

The IACHR reiterated its “Extreme concern” on the number of violent deaths linked to the demonstrations, 41 recorded by the prosecution, including 17 in the middle of the demonstrations; while social organizations have documented 51.

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