The main thoroughfare linking the capital with the western province, which supplies most agricultural products, was closed at the Horconcito and Boca del Monte intersection this Monday afternoon.
Among other things, residents of the Bésiko areas in the original region have asked the authorities to repair the roads leading to schools and production areas.
In statements to the news channel TVN, the official at the Ministry of Public Works, Zacarías Álvarez, indicated that various works were being carried out and justified that due to the closure, the necessary machines had not arrived.
For his part, Deputy Minister of Education Ariel Rodríguez spoke to the protesters to clear the street, but without the expected results.
On July 1, at the start of the fifth ordinary session of the National Assembly (parliament), members of the Pueblo Unido por la Vida alliance gathered in front of the legislature and warned that given the lack of response to the needs of the majority, the government would revert to the walk street.
Union Convergence Secretary-General Eduardo Gil, one of the coordinators of this group, pointed out that after a year of crisis provoked by high prices for food, fuel, medicines and electricity, the executive’s actions were palliative and insufficient . and the needs of the population are growing.
For her part, the independent presidential candidate Maribel Gordón, who represents the progressive forces for the 2024 general election, said that with the unequal distribution of its wealth, Panama continues to rank sixth in the world and second in Latin America, and that was not the case with the governments of the time and their neoliberal model solved it.
The economist called for struggle and success in all areas, including in the election campaign, in which, with the support of municipal companies and ordinary people, she managed to get second place among the presidential candidates for a free application, and they strive for more.
“Given the checkbook and the political clientelism, dignity,” he remarked.
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