Bolivia: “Que Evo baje a la marcha” on Qorianka Kilcher's TwitWall

24.8.11

Bolivia: “Que Evo baje a la marcha” on Qorianka Kilcher's TwitWall

Servindi / Aini, August 21, 2011 .- The Indian demand that President Evo Morales to march down. This is the conclusion to yesterday's tense negotiations between the protesters and the Bolivian government. The decision of the indigenous destroys the intention of the minister of the presidency of Carlos Romeo form a committee to travel to the city of La Paz and meet with President Morales.



Celso Padilla, president of the Guarani People's Assembly, said they rejected the invitation and who insist that the president comes to running until Sunday, otherwise, the Guarani start blocking roads in the departments of Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz and Tarija.



In the event that President Morales did not come, progress will continue and not be ruled out blockages in the Bolivian Chaco affect three departments.



"We do not want the dialogue to be managed by the government because we do not trust what he does and says, we want impartial institutions. We therefore propose that the Assembly of Human Rights and the Ombudsman are to organize the dialogue and see whether they are here in San Ignacio or other place where the march, "said Padilla.



Guarani leader, criticized the attitude of the government and its supporters in Mojos who led the marchers preventing them from providing food and water.



Adolfo Chavez, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia (CIDOB), said that dialogue is not only to discuss the intended road through the Indian Territory Isiboro Secure (TIPNIS), but there is a platform of 13 demands that the government says not to know. (See here )