Tuesday 07 October 2008, San José, Costa
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Peru Braces for
New Protests
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With Local Currencies
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Peru Braces for New
Protests
LIMA - A left-wind Front
made up of social and
political organizations,
confirmed a national day
of protest Tuesday while
the government began to
mobilize the armed
forces.
The President of the
General Workers
Confederation (CGTP)
Mario Huaman said the
day will demand a new
turn in the economic
neoliberal policy in
forced in Peru since
1992 as well as the
social policy and the
government's ethics.
He emphasized the day
will entail
dissatisfaction marches
in Lima and other cities
as well as general
strikes in regions like
Arequipa, Cusco and Ica
in the south and that
from the Amazon.
He warned that people's
organizations will use
more drastic measures if
the government does not
meet their demands and
recalled its increasing
disapproval proved by
different polls.
The executive predicted
the failure of the
protest and Prime
Minister Jorge del
Castillo said that he is
not worry about the
National strike called
by CGTP and in this
sense it accused the
government of trying to
confuse the citizens
since there is not any
call for National
Strike.
Huaman said the
executive is the main
destabilizing force
since it does not
fulfill its promises and
commitments; it does not
comply with social
demands and demands for
talks.
Meanwhile, the
government was
criticized for ordering
the armed forces to back
the police keeping the
order Tuesday what
includes previous and
subsequent actions of
soldiers.
Instead of talks the
government responded to
the social demands with
repression, commented
Huaman who considered
the attitude
dictatorial. |
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