The government, “committed to permanent dialogue based on respect to promote social peace and the common good, reiterates its commitment to participate in the single dialogue table,” reported the presidency of Laurentino Cortizo it’s a statement.
For more than two weeks, groups of demonstrators have been protesting and blocking routes in the main cities of Panama to demand measures from Cortizo to lower the inflation and fight the corruptionin the biggest social crisis since the invasion of USA in 1989.
According to the note, the new negotiation will take place starting this Tuesday in the province of Cocleabout 150 km southwest of Panama City.
The call is made after on Monday the different organizations that convened the protests asked the government for a new negotiation with a single dialogue table.
An agreement that lasted less than 24 hours
The request came after the National Alliance of Organized People (Anadepo), which brings together most of the organizations calling for the protests, broke an agreement that it had signed with the government just one day before.
That agreement established a reduction per gallon (3.78 liters) of naphtha to 3.25 dollars, a measure that has been in force since this Monday, and established to continue negotiating reductions in the basic basket and in medicines.
However, this pact was rejected by left-wing organizations, integrated into the so-called Alianza Pueblo Unidos por la Vida, which considered it insufficient and because it did not include all the protesting organizations.
The government had also signed another agreement with the indigenous comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, which was also rejected. Now, all together they will negotiate.
Panama is still paralyzed
This Tuesday, Panama dawned again with different protests and roadblocks, especially in City of Panamawhose accesses were again temporarily cut off by the protesters.
Some traffic cuts were also reported in the Pan-American roadwhich connects Panama with Costa Ricaand a vital route for trade and transportation of goods in the country.
The protests have generated shortages and millionaire losses, according to business associations and merchants.
Source: Ambito
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