Machala.
Dozens of people from Machale participated this Saturday, February 12, in a march for peace and security in this city. The group of citizens, with white shirts, banners and flags of the country, advanced along 25 de Junio Avenue to the exterior of the Governor’s Office.
There, the people of Machale delivered a manifesto addressed to the National Government, in which they asked to adopt measures that guarantee the lives of Ecuadorians. This, in the face of the criminal wave that is registered in the country and that has caused more than 400 violent deaths so far this year.
Actor Richard Barker calls for a peaceful march against insecurity in Ecuador
“This march, called ‘Popular Clamor’, unites us all, those of us who have lost a family member, a father or our brothers,” said Richard Barker, actor and former television presenter, who led the march along with several people who joined to this action against insecurity.
A week ago, a similar march was held in the center of Guayaquil, but few people attended the call, made by the actor on social networks.
Next Saturday, March 5, other peaceful protests are planned in Quito, Latacunga, Ibarra and other cities. The attendees participate, according to Barker, “motivated by the inertia and ineffectiveness of the State.”
“Citizens are getting used to violence, robberies, deaths,” criticized the former television presenter, who emphasized that Clamor Popular is not a political movement and that he, he said, has no aspirations for elected positions. popular. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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