Citizens Push Back Against COB Marches | Ciudadanos rechazan marchas de la COB

By Unitel, Eju.tv:

“We Want to Work”: Citizens Confront Marchers and Reject COB Mobilization

This Tuesday marks the ninth day of marches and the second day of a hunger strike set up at three pickets in the city of La Paz. The COB is calling for the repeal of Supreme Decree 5503.

This Tuesday marks the ninth day of mobilizations led by sectors that make up the Bolivian Workers’ Center (COB), which are demanding the repeal of Supreme Decree 5503, a measure that eliminates fuel subsidies. Amid the protests, citizens are expressing their disagreement with the marches taking place and occupying downtown La Paz.

They complain that, due to the protests, they are forced to close their businesses, while others accuse the marchers of blocking vehicular traffic, paralyzing transportation and harming their daily activities.

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[Photo: Wálter Hugo] / Citizens confront marchers in La Paz

“We want to work,” a woman demanded today as she confronted the marchers, shouting at them that they should clear the roads and allow activities in downtown La Paz to continue normally.

Meanwhile, in other images, a man is seen asking one of the marchers, “What do you do for a living?”, questioning why he was participating in a mobilization that has already lasted several days.

This Tuesday marks the ninth day of marches and the second day of a hunger strike installed at three pickets in the city of La Paz.

COB leaders stated in previous days that the pressure measures are indefinite and will become more radical until the government repeals Supreme Decree 5503.

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