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After a meeting with the Ombudsman, Carlos Camargo, the Minister of the Interior, Alicia Arango, said that “the National Government expresses the permanent disposition of dialogue with the indigenous minga” that this October 18 enters Bogotá.
In addition, the minister asked Carmargo to hold a meeting with delegates from the indigenous minga this Monday, October 19 at the headquarters of the Ombudsman.
Arango reviewed the points of the letter sent by the minga to President Iván Duque, in which he made his requests, and presented the agreements and progress made with the indigenous peoples.
“We made an account of progress and compliance of the National Government with the indigenous peoples. We have every interest to dialogue and listen to them to respond to their requests“, assured Arango.
“We appreciate the provision of @DefensoryCol to facilitate rapprochement with the Indigenous Minga. Contrasts with statements by the Mayor of Bogotá. The attitude of the Ombudsman and mayors of other cities where the Minga passed through is exemplary “: @CommissionerPaz pic.twitter.com/V3dIaIAv4j
– High Commissioner Paz (@ComisionadoPaz) October 18, 2020
He noted that “There has been different evidence of our willingness to harmonize approaches and priorities on social investment and development with ethnic groups. The work of the indigenous communities and the Executive in the process of agreement on the proposals of the ethnic chapter managed to prioritize an investment of 10 billion pesos for indigenous peoples. “
In addition, he insisted on the “need to establish a methodological route to address the concerns of the indigenous minga and divide the issues by areas of the public sector or the State, according to competence.”
Arango confirmed that “This minga is not vindictive. It is political, as its members have expressed. We thank them for their commitment to peaceful protest and we call to avoid any act of vandalism or road blockages “in the marches that will take place this week.
This Sunday afternoon, Camargo plans to meet with the spokesmen of the minga to establish the possibility of this dialogue that allows defining an agenda and specifying the issues to be discussed.
Also at the meeting were Peace Commissioner, Miguel Ceballos; the director of National Planning, Luis Alberto Rodríguez; the Vice Ministers of the Interior Daniel Palacios and Carlos Alberto Baena; of Defense, Jairo García; of Health, Alexander Moscoso, the Director of Citizen Security of the National Police, General Jorge Luis Vargas.
Commissioner Ceballos still referred to the latest statements by the mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, and said that “as a government we appreciate the willingness to facilitate dialogue by the Ombudsman, which contrasts with the statements of the mayor, who with them you can move the parties apart instead of bringing them closer. “
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