Indigenous leaders leave discussion table and give Government an ultimatum

Indigenous leaders, who make up one of the three alliances discussing measures with the Executive to alleviate the high cost of living, walked away up from the table in Penonomé and gave the Government an ultimatum of 72 hours to comply with the basic basket agreements.

This happened after the director of the Agricultural Marketing Institute, Carlos Motta, left the table after heated questioning when he said that complying with 100% of the agreements is difficult.

The Church tried to lower tensions and it requested a recess.

Corruption, one of the flagship issues of the protests and street closures that paralyzed the country in July, was left behind in the Penonomé dialogue between the Executive and the three social organizations that spoke for the movement.

In the early hours of Sunday, August 21 (2:09 am), representatives of the Executive and the United People for Life Alliance, the National Alliance for the Rights of the Organized People, and Bastion of the Eastern Chirican Ngäbe Buglé Comarca and Campesinos agreed -after of 5 days of debate – the creation of a national citizen commission to fight corruption.

It was the last item on an agenda of seven topics, which included the basic basket, fuel, energy, education, medicines, and whose discussion began on July 21.