National strike: concentration points for this Sunday, May 23 in the main cities

Daytime marches and other protests across the country continue. After several meetings between national government and the National unemployment committee To set up a negotiating table to ward off the social crisis, it has not yet been possible to achieve concrete results. The most recent meeting took place this Friday May 21.

The president of the Central Workers’ Unit (CUT), Francisco Maltes, indicated that the two sides continue to draft a final document which contains how the right to protest will be guaranteed and in the construction of the roadmap for the dialogues: “We are making progress in the construction of a document guaranteeing the exercise of peaceful social protest at this stage. Of course, we want this process to move forward as quickly as possible to start negotiating the emergency document. we beamed 11 months, almost a year ago», He clarified.

Under this panorama, they reported for it Sunday 23 May some concentration points in different cities of the country, which will take place, for the moment, in the morning:

Bogota:

– From 8:00 am, a district assembly of indigenous, social, youth and community minga will be held with the presence of the national CRIC and the indigenous guard at the Claretian school in the city of Bosa.

– A day of public space recovery will take place at Parque el Renacimiento from 10:00 am, where reggae and rap groups will also participate.

Soacha:

– In the main park, there will be an “artistic catch for peace and life” from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm. Different artistic groups will be present at the rallying point.

– Earlier, around 9:00 a.m., there will also be concentration points at Puente del Arco.

Cali:

– In the capital of Valle del Cauca, there is a community pot called “Mercado al Paro”. It will take place in the Melendez district, in the ‘Tienda de Pedro’ from 9:00 am with the realization of social, cultural and artistic activities.

Medellin:

– A cultural sit-in is planned at the ‘Skatepark’ 4 on from 10:00 a.m.

Other regions of the country:

– Hunt: Sports day at the city’s Olympic Village scheduled for 4:00 in the afternoon.

– Neiva: A “Grand Multicultural Concert” is planned at the Popular Bazaar in a day which will take place from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm.

RESIGNATION OF THE PEACE COMMITTEE:

In the midst of the protests, the high commissioner for peace, Miguel Ceballos placeholder image, who was part of the government’s negotiating table with the Unemployment Committee, signed this will leave his post from May 26, because he believes he has already achieved the goals he set for himself. Although also, in an interview with El Tiempo, the official revealed his unease with former president Álvaro Uribe:

“I feel uncomfortable with former President Uribe … On two occasions, unfortunately, I was not consulted by him during some contacts he had with him. THEN“However, he made it clear that he was leaving his post for a personal decision: “I have never belonged to the Democratic Center and therefore have no political relationship with former President Uribe. Maybe the country didn’t know but I never belonged to the Democratic Center, because I do not belong to any political party today“.

NEW DATES OF THE NATIONAL JUDGMENT:

The unemployment committee met two new days of events until an agreement can be reached with the government: they will be the Wednesday 26 and Friday 28 May. “Next week, from today, the strike will continue and we will have big demonstrations on May 26 and 28, when the first month of mobilizations in Colombia is over», Said Francisco Maltes, president of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores.

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