The protests in favour of making
Sucre and La Paz, August 22 (ABI) – The mobilisations in favour of making Sucre the full capital spilled over this Wednesday into acts of vandalism, persecution of constituent delegates, attacks against private houses, looting of union headquarters, destruction of media installations and physical aggression against journalists. These acts have dangerous put in risk the future of the constituent assembly, which indefinitely suspended its sessions.
The day of violence in the capital of the republic was lead by the Inter-institutional Committee which supported university youth and high school students as confronted police in the morning, and in the afternoon gave themselves the task of assaulting assembly delegates, attacking private homes and hitting journalists who supposed did not agree with the demand of full capital.
The president of the assembly, Silva Lazarte, denounced the very worrying lack of guarantees for the constituent delegates, principally those from
The government lamented the day of violence that shook the capital of the republic, exhorting unity and asking for guarantees so that the assembly could continue its work.
For its part, the Inter-institutional Committee convoked for this Thursday a new 24 hour civil stoppage demanding the restitution of issue of the capital in the debate within the assembly.
The attacks against the journalists of Radio New Homeland and Bolivian Television were deplored by the Direction of Social Communication and the directors of the state media via a letter they send to the press organisation, in support of the right to information being respected.
Meanwhile the campesino and indigenous unions will evaluate in the next few hours the looting of their offices by vandals who carried out these actions.
Suspension – constituent assembly.
Following an analysis of the violence carried out by radical groups in
Following the incidents that occurred at
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In regards to this issue, the constituent delegate, Marco Carillo lamented the attitudes of intolerance expressed by some sectors against the delegates from
Persecution – assaults.
A violent group destroyed with rocks, sticks and other heavy objects the windows and doors of a private house adjacent to the Gran Mariscal Theatre, where MAS delegate, Ignacio Mendoza, was supposedly seeking refuge.
The delegate, Mendoza, who had abandoned during the hours of the afternoon the headquarters of the Constituent Assembly (Gran Mariscal Theatre), was intercepted and afterwards chased after by irate protestors.
After running several blocks, the delegate took refuge in a private house that was close to the Gran Mariscal Theatre. The vandals incorrectly identified the house where the delegate was seeking refuge, and with a violent and aggressive attitude, used rocks and other types of objects against the windows and doors, without reason.
Government
The executive power condemned the persecution and physical aggression against the constituent delegates, the violation of the state of law and the attack on freedom of the press.
Spokesperson for the presidency, Alex Contreras, announced that these acts will be denounced at the national and international level, given it was a matter of serious excesses against the democracy.
He denounced that the groups that were carrying out these acts of vandalism and delinquency were financed by the Civic Committee, the office of the mayor of
He announced that this Thursday they would present evidence that the students of San Francisco Xavier have been obliged to participate in the strikes, marches and acts of violence, with the threat of losing a year of study if they did not attend.
Moreover, the executive power called for the unity and integration of the country and to leave aside particular interests in order to guarantee the conclusion of work of the constituent assembly, that is seeking to realise structural changes for the country.
“We call on the population to wager on the unity and integration of the country. We don’t want division, we don’t want confrontations, nor mayor rivalries between some sectors. What we want to promote – hopefully we can and we will continue to do so with all our efforts until the last moment – is to guarantee the conclusion of the Constituent Assembly”, signalled Contreras.
Translated from ABI
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This kind of vandalism helped Evo Morales to rise to the government, and now calls "criminal" the other social movements that are not by his side.
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