Bolivia recovers normality after repeal of the law and nine days of unemployment

Activities in Bolivia have progressively returned to normal this Wednesday after several sectors lifted a strike that lasted nine days after the repeal of the controversial law 1386, while organizations related to the Government carry out some mobilizations and councils.

The oriental Santa Cruz, the Bolivian region that led the protests against the annulled Law of National Strategy to Combat Legitimation of Illicit Profits and Financing of Terrorism, decided to lift the pressure, although it remains in “emergency and in permanent mobilization ”.

That decision was not well received by the Unión Juvenil Cruceñista, one of the most radical sectors of Santa Cruz against the Government that retained and demanded the resignation of the president of the Civic Committee, Romulus Calvo.

Recovery of activities

Traffic on the streets of Santa Cruz and economic activity has gradually been restored and after the pronouncement of the Santa Cruz Civic Committee that instructed the “lifting of unemployment”.

While the civic of Potosí, another of the strongest focuses of the demonstrations, will take a definitive position after a meeting in which they will also evaluate other demands regarding other disputed laws and the replacement of the two-thirds vote in the debates of the Parliament.

Meanwhile, in several of the streets of Potosí, transport and commercial activity is reduced.

In cities like the capital Sugar O Cochabamba Some of the sectors that held the days of unemployment have announced evaluations and meetings, anticipating that although there will no longer be demonstrations, they will remain in “emergency”.

“We evaluate the losses caused by unemployment in some cities, and analyze measures to reverse them“The president of the country, Luis Arce, wrote on Twitter in a publication in which he attached photographs of the ministerial cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

Tension after abrogation

The Government promulgated on Tuesday night the rule that annuls Law 1386 and published it in the Official Gazette, which was one of the requirements demanded by the mobilized sectors to lift the strike.

“Every day, with effort and dignity, the working people defeat the coup efforts of racist and right-wing civic citizens who, with violent strikes, threaten the economy of #Bolivia“Evo Morales, former president and president of the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS), wrote on Twitter this Wednesday.

The strike of merchants, transporters, civic and opposition platforms was pointed out by the Government as a new attempt to “coup“In light of what he considers occurred in the 2019 crisis and an attempt to”destabilization”Of the Government of Arce.

Although some critical voices within the ruling party also admitted that what failed was the “socialization”That the Executive and the ministries had to do before the approval of a law that was considered an attack against citizen freedoms.

Some mobilizations

Despite the repeal of Law 1386, some sectors in La Paz such as the Assembly of Paceñidad have advanced that a great march will be held in favor of the reinstatement of two thirds in legislative votes and the rejection of some laws in the frame of the “joy”Of the law already repealed.

In contrast, social organizations related to the Government and the MAS have also convened councils and marches in cities such as El Alto, Santa Cruz and Chuquisaca in support of Arce’s management and in defense of the reactivation of the economy.

Bolivia maintains a persistent political polarization since 2019, which in the opinion of the Government was a “coup“And that the last protests were only one”excuse”To seek the destabilization of Arce’s management.