2023-05-03 16:35:16
A statement by the United Broad Front in Defense of Pensioners and Retirees and the SVenezuelan Indicate of Teachers of the Capital District It became a mobilization of dozens of people from Parque Carabobo to the headquarters of the Ombudsman’s Office in Plaza Morelos.
Retirees and pensioners expressed their rejection of the most recent announcements of bonus adjustments by the ruler Nicolás Maduro. The pronouncement was made in front of the headquarters General Prosecutor of the Republicbut then the assistants marched towards the defense from town with the intention that they receive them in this body.
Those present at the protest assured that they will remain in the street fight, but they also said that they will continue in dialogue with the Venezuelan authorities until they reach an agreement. living wage that meets your needs.
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Retirees and pensioners in protest
Judith León, president of the College of Bioanalysts of Venezuela, affirmed that recent announcements show that Nicolás Maduro does not care about the workers or the pensioners and retirees of this country.
“We workers know what our rights and weaknesses are. We have shown that we will continue in the fight. Nobody is going to manipulate us, much less the government,” León said at the protest.
Raúl Parra, one of the spokespersons for the protest, affirmed that the education sector is one of the sectors that suffers the most from persecution by the authorities and said that more than 350 teachers have their pay suspended for having participated in protests demanding decent wages.
emotional suffering
Luis Cano, spokesman for the demonstration, stressed that it is not only physical health that is affected for pensioners and retirees. Cano stressed that most people have relatives outside the country and that loneliness affects those who are in Venezuela. “We can’t afford a psychologist or a therapy because we don’t have money,” Cano explained.
He also cataloged the national government’s policy as macabre and said that President Nicolás Maduro mocks the elderly population. “The vast majority of us have chronic diseases. We need daily treatment… how far will the government’s macabre policy of exterminating the old go,” Cano highlighted.
The protest moved to the Ombudsman’s Office with an escort of officials from the Bolivarian National Police. At the headquarters of the latter Public Power they were received by representatives of the Ministry of Labor and the Ombudsman, who listened to the protesters’ demands.
Around 12:30 noon the day ended.
This May 1, Maduro announced an adjustment of the food voucher that he raised to 40 dollars and that of economic warfare that will be 30 dollars, after a rectification made a day after making the announcements.
However, Social Security pensioners do not receive basket tickets and Chavismo’s Minister of the Social Labor Process, Francisco Torrealba, clarified that this sector of the population will only receive a monthly bonus of $20 plus the minimum wage, which is 14 months old. in 130 bolivars.
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