Colón strike continues following meeting with Cortizo

After a two-hour meeting with President Cortizo on Thursday, the leadership of the Coalition for the Unity of Colón (CUCO) did not sign a document to end the general strike in the province.

The group demands that projects be carried out to prioritize jobs. Edgardo Voitier, leader of Cuco, explained that the end of the strike could not be signed because they must take the proposals to a general assembly. “We don’t see a commitment on the part of the government,” said Voitier, who says that the problem in Colón is “suffocating, we have never had this kind of unemployment” which in the province of Colón there is 30%, according to official data

Among the guidelines mentioned by the government, it was established to freeze the price of fuel at the national level at $3.95, and to allocate an item of $100 million to offset the effect of the lack of income, but Cuco is not convinced because the price will be frozen only for the transportation system and not for the rest of Panamanians.