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At 6 in the morning of this Thursday, about 5,000 indigenous people are scheduled to leave Cali for the capital of the country, where they will insist on meeting with President Iván Duque.
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After two days of meetings without agreements with the delegation sent by the Government -on holiday Monday and Tuesday- the minga marched this Wednesday, wielding their batons, through the streets of downtown Cali and prepared the logistics for the journey that will last five days.
Jhoe Sauca, coordinator of the Cauca Regional Indigenous Council (Cric), pointed out that the trip, which will be carried out in about 200 buses, It will have stops in Armenia, Ibagué, Fusagasuga and Soacha, where they will carry out mobilizations, and which will arrive in Bógotá on October 19.
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Minga spokesmen have reiterated that their purpose is to be heard by the President because they do not see actions to stop crimes against members of their communities and are seeking answers on plans related to the substitution of illicit crops.
The Minister of the Interior, Alicia Arango insisted that the Government is willing to listen to the spokespersons and that is why it sent a special commission to Cali to analyze your requests.
“It will be insisted on establishing work routes to address political concerns of the minga, find an effective way to move forward and resolve all the proposals and requests that the minga has expressed in the letter addressed to President Duque”Arango pointed out at the end of the second meeting with the indigenous people, and insisted, despite the fact that they had already concluded the negotiation with the delegates, that she and the other representatives remained open to dialogue.
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Political clashes
The transfer of the indigenous minga to Bogotá has generated new clashes between the political sectors.
The mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, was one of the first to criticize the government. “Wasn’t it easier to go, talk with humility and resolve in depth the concerns of the minga about the murder of social leaders, massacres and increasing insecurity in their territories? Another march that arrives in Bogotá against the National Government ”, he said.
The Secretary of Government of Bogotá, Luis Ernesto Gómez, referred for his part to how the city is going to prepare to receive the minga, however he assured that he hopes that the National Government and the CRI can establish a route before of work that leads to “resolve the legitimate claims” that indigenous communities have.
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“They will be received and with all the guarantees to develop their political and social rights,” said Gómez. In the same way, he asked that “the displacements be carried out with the proper biosecurity measures and always seeking distance between people,” he added.
On the other hand, former President Álvaro Uribe published six trills in which he pointed out that the minga has a political objective: “The socialist takeover uses the rights of democracy, human rights, the right to protest, freedom of expression, to defend their violent actions and deny those rights to those they point to as their enemies.”
The indigenous people pointed out that in case President Duque does not attend to them in Bogotá, they do not rule out taking de facto actions on the Pan-American highway, such as last year’s blockades.
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