Students and teachers will walk again this Wednesday in Cali and the rest of the country

Students from public universities, trade unionists, representatives of the judiciary, peasantry sectors, professors and carriers will demonstrate Wednesday in Cali and other cities in Colombia to ask the government of President Ivan Duque solutions for their sectors.

In what is called "capital injection", university students will insist that the government allocate more resources to public education, while the transporters and the peasantry reject the increase in fuels. and the law on financing, as it is called for the tax reform presented to Congress.

To mitigate the impact of vehicle flows in Cali, the Ministry of Mobility has provided a total of 26 transit agents, which will be installed from 6:00 am. to occupy the traffic regulation in the capital of Valle del Cauca

The mobilization will begin at 9:00 am from the Avenida Avenida roundabout (in front of the Rafael Uribe Uribe Clinic), continue along Avenida de las Américas, take 18N Street, 2N Avenue, continue towards CAM. take Calle 5, Carrera 10, Calle 9 and will end with the Government of Valle del Cauca.

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In this regard, the Undersecretary for Mobility Services, Ricardo Herrera, indicated the other means recommended by the body for a better circulation of vehicles:

"The Caleños can take Calle 25, Avenida 2 Norte, Calle 21, Avenida Sexta Norte, Avenida Octava Norte, Avenida Cuarta Norte, Calle 7 Norte, Avenida Primera Norte and Calle 5", said the official, who added that the traffic police present on the scene will inform the citizens of the activated roads.

With the advancement of the march, badured the under-secretary Herrera, the traffic officers will allow the lanes for the pbadage of vehicles.

"We call on citizens to take into account the recommended alternative routes to facilitate mobility and I remind them that public transport workers are on the streets, ready to help the public to deal with the inconveniences of mobility that may arise" , highlighted

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The students, who spent 48 days today without attending semester courses, said public universities needed 3.2 trillion pesos to keep from closing this year.

They also ask the government to pledge to allocate 15 billion pesos to the settlement of "the historic debt of the government with the universities".

"The mobilization of tomorrow remains firm," said Alejandro Palacio, a member of the Colombian Association of Student Representatives in Higher Education (Acrees).

For their part, the trade unionists will express their disagreement with the tax reform, saying that it will further affect the working clbad and demand that alternatives be found to obtain the funds that the government seeks to cover a deficit of 14 billion pesos national budget. of 2019.

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President Duque announced last week that he would look for alternatives to finance the budget deficit after entering into an agreement with Congress to exclude "essential" products from the basic basket of the collection of funds. VAT.

The community of farmers Dignidad Agropecuaria opposes the taxation of inputs and services for the agricultural sector.

Meanwhile, the Colombian Federation of Education Workers (Fecode) will join the protest day with sit-ins in major cities of the country because they would not have respected the past agreements, demanding better care of their children. health and the rejection of their requests. tax reform.

"The national government does not show sufficient interest to organize an immediate and favorable exit from the conflict with higher education.On the contrary, it expresses itself in practice by a repressive and coercive response to the university movement, "said Fecode in a statement.

Defense Minister Guillermo Botero reiterated that the government respected the demonstrations, but that the authorities would not allow acts of vandalism similar to those of the previous week, which would have left at least eight people injured in Bogotá.