Unions call for an end to street closures

After the sanction of Law 407which prohibits the granting of new metal mining concessions, several unions have called for an end to street closures and waiting Supreme Court of Justice resolves the constitutionality or unconstitutionality of Law 406.

For him National Council of Private Entrepreneurship (Conep) It is necessary to stop closing the streets, the effects of which are disastrous for the whole society.

It’s time, say the union, to think about children who miss classes, small traders whose dreams are disappearing and all those who did not come for medical examinations or failed to earn income for food. families, children and family.

“Let’s mark our separation from Colombia with a gesture that honors our homeland and announces that, together and despite our differences, we can build a better country,” they said in a statement.

They believe that this is the time to think like citizens of a wonderful country.

“In our 120 years of independent life, we must think that Panama deserves to look for the things that unite us, and not direct our energies to improve those that separate us,” they added.

On its part, Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Panama (CCIAP) He also urgently called on those who are blocking the various roads in the country that allow the free movement of food, basic necessities, medicine, patients, manufacturers; in short, free movement of people.

“Communities across the country are in a state of scarcity, crops are lost and patients are unable to receive medical care. Let’s avoid the conflict of fellow citizens, this does not achieve the goal of the protest,” he said. Adolfo Fábrega, president of CCIAP.