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A new demonstration was seen yesterday on the streets of the Caribbean region and the rest of the country. The slogan of the dealers was to demand more resources from the national government for higher education and to reject the tax increases proposed by the law of financing.
In Barranquilla, concentration began early in the vicinity of Inem School, in Soledad Street 30. Atlantic University students, union-affiliated teachers, members of the workers' centrals, and social and political organizations met.
Banners in hand, group of milo and harangues, the demonstrators began the visit at 10:20. and they finished after noon, Calle Murillo with Carrera 8.
During the tour, the workers, instructors and students of the Seine who are on the 30th street, showed their support to young people belonging to public universities.
José David Morales, student leader of the Universidad del Atlántico, said he has submitted six proposals to the national government for the funding of institutions of higher education.
"In the middle of the technical debates, we showed that there was money, for example, the profits of Iceet today reach 918 billion dollars, an amount that can be used to finance others. programs and free resources for university budget bases, "said Morales.
The student reiterated that the government "has no political will" because it only proposes to increase its resources by 4.5%. "This means that every year we continue to shrink and believe that public universities will continue and not close," he said. He urged the government to find ways for universities to bring in $ 500 billion "in the year".
At the same time, John Anichiarico, a law student at Uniatlántico, said the youth of this institution did want to return to school. However, for that, he added, the government must first secure resources so that public universities in the country do not close.
"We are neither vandals nor sloths, some senators have treated us.We are students who are struggling so that future generations are not forced to go through this period … We prefer to miss a semester of college, rather than the university in one semester, "said the young man after making sure that despite his physical limitation he remains to walk. five times
Noncompliance
The president of the Association of Educators of the Atlantic, Adea, Jesus Avila, said the teachers of Barranquilla and the municipalities had also decided to join the mobilization, the national government still not respecting the agreements agreed upon the cessation of activities last year.
He badured that the government had not proposed any solutions so that teachers would consider an indefinite strike the following year. "Minutes have been signed to promulgate acts, but nothing has been done, these are deceptions of the government." Fecode said there would be no more meetings, but immediate solutions, "said the union leader.
Rejection of the reform
The Atlantic president of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores, CUT, badured during the demonstration that the workers of the country rejected "unanimously" the tax reform proposed by the presidency. "With that, they attack the pockets of the poor and the middle clbad, accusing a poor millionaire of stealing corruption, Robin Hood is the president," said the leader of the central trade union movement. .
Commitment
The President of the Republic, Iván Duque Márquez, said that during his first months of government, he had shown a "commitment" in the education sector, evidence – a he explained – that the highest investment budget for education in Colombia has been reached.
He reiterated that, in front of public universities, the government had made "a very big effort" to commit resources to strengthen the operating base of 32 higher education institutions in the country.
"I asked the minister to sit at the future table of education with young people, to see how we could have them accompany not only these important steps, but also to take advantage of their ideas to be included in the Development Plan, "said the president via his Twitter account, while parades were developed throughout the country.
The President said that he was monitoring, together with the security forces, the various demonstrations that took place in all the cities of the country in order to avoid any disturbance of public order.
Similarly, Duque badured that they had listened to Colombians and political forces to "build viable and common alternatives" in order to obtain the resources for higher education required by students.
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