Sayari miners lift blockade and give ultimatum to government to issue credit

“This middle room is humanitarian, with travelers and children in it; We gave the government 48 hours to enact the law Let’s start our journey, it has been approved in Parliament. ” said one of the leaders holding a document in his hand.

Miners They belong to one of the mining cooperatives in the area They began blocking the highway connecting Cochabamba and Oruro early Monday, with their main demand being the enactment of a law authorizing the credit.

its about One of three laws approved by parliament at the June 6 session In the past, the current government did not enact it because then-interim President David Choquehuanca asked Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) for the entity to define whether the three approved laws are legal.

The government does not recognize this session They considered it invalid because the President of the Senate, Andronico RodriguezTrump, who presided over that meeting, usurped the office of vice president and therefore announced that the regulations would not be enacted.

Furthermore, if you accept that the session is legitimate, you must make another session The law declaring the dismissal of self-appointed magistrates from the judiciary, Something the administration is unwilling to do. This means a new conflict against cooperative miners is expected to break out in the region on Wednesday.