Rocky path ahead as negotiations for social peace enter second phase

The dialogue installed on July 21 with popular groups to solve the social crisis unleashed in the country by the cost of living, concluded its first phase to begin a second stage with the participation of the business sector, the National Government reported Saturday.

In bulletin number 51, President Cortizo officially announced the closure of the first cycle of the dialogue and said that the social groups that participated in the phase will be in the second, as well as representatives of the business sector, the Government and other associations linked to the thematic axes.

It was agreed that in the new period, in addition to following up on the disagreements of the first phase, the issues of food security and sovereignty would be discussed; human rights; environment and native peoples; housing and habitat (public infrastructure); education, youth and social development; health and social security; labor, transport, and logistics.