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Two of Ecuador’s largest Indigenous and workers organizations called on all sectors of the country to embrace the national dialogue proposed by the government on Wednesday at the National Assembly, in light of weeks of anti-government protests.
Franklin Clumba, head of the National Confederation of Campesino, Indigenous and Black Organizations (FENOCIN) said, “It is not fundamental that in these moments some want to create chaos in the nation,” reiterating that he would not stand for attacks on democracy.
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The president of the Unitary Central of Workers of Ecuador (CUT), Oswaldo Chica, said that after meeting at the National Assembly with government representatives, several agreements had been reached. The deals, he said, regarded the amendment to the proposal that public services be protected by the the Organic Law of Public Service.
In the first session of the bipartisan Subcommission, where government representatives listened to and workshopped the grievances of various social movements, took place last week. During these talks, the groups set out how the new law will work, and what channels will be used to strike deals between workers and central union centers in the coming months.
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Leaders of the CUT, an organisation made up of 15 workers organizations representing 600 workers movements in Ecuador, said yesterday that concessions for workers were achieved through dialogue, and not through violence and strikes.
In view of this, Chica called for the end to “political posturing” and to stop the “destabilizing attempt” of the right-wing opposition, making public his support for the government.
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