Indigenous groups in Ecuador have accused the government of President Guillermo Lasso of failing to comply with 90 percent of the agreements reached at the dialogue tables that concluded last October following protests that paralyzed the country in the summer.
The leader of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), Leonidas Iza, said that the Ecuadorian Executive has only complied with 10 percent of the 218 agreements that three social organizations signed with the Government, reported ‘El Comercio’.
For this reason, the indigenists have appealed to Ecuadorians to vote ‘No’ in the referendum to be held this Sunday, in which eight initiatives emanating from the negotiations held at the dialogue tables are to be voted on.
«Say no to Lasso’s consultation. Ecuadorian brother, do not fall into the trap, the Government is not looking for solutions for the country. The consultation will only give oxygen to the bad government,» the Conaie has reiterated in a message on the social network Twitter.
Among the issues to be consulted in the referendum will be whether the population agrees with the participation of the Armed Forces in the fight against organized crime, the extradition of Ecuadorians who have committed crimes related to organized crime or the creation of a Fiscal Council to evaluate and even sanction members of the Attorney General’s Office.
Likewise, the consultation will evaluate the possibility of reducing the number of assembly members, demanding a minimum number of affiliates to political formations and limiting the capacities of the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control for the designation of authorities.
Finally, in the section related to environmental protection, the referendum will evaluate the possibility of incorporating a water protection system to the National System of Protected Areas; as well as the benefit of compensations to individuals and communities for their support in environmental services.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
