The announcement of the blockades in important points of highways and the city, such as the La Aurora international airport and the Legislative, increases the pressure on the deputies, who are demanding the approval of initiative 5664 instead of 6073, called “Law Temporary development”, which passed a first debate in plenary.
The ex-military assure that Law 5664, “Economic Compensation Law for the provision of military service during the internal armed confrontation,” is the one that truly benefits them because they would receive 120,000 quetzals (15,192 dollars) instead of 36,000 (four thousand dollars). 557), but still does not have a favorable opinion.
In a letter sent to the authorities of the department of Guatemala, the veterans indicated that they will start the blockades from 06:00, local time, and also include points such as the San José Escuintla airport, Puerto Santo Tomás de Castilla, Puerto Barrios, Puerto Quetzal, the border Tecún Umán, Las Vegas and Piedras Negras, Huehuetenango,
Also El Boquerón, Santa Rosa; San Vicente Pacaya and Cocales, Escuintla; Chiquimulilla Camp and Río Hondo, Zacapa.
Faced with the danger that airport activities in La Aurora would be paralyzed, the authorities coordinated with the National Civil Police, the Metropolitan Transport and Traffic Regulatory Entity and its Urban Areas of Influence and the General Directorate of Protection and Road Safety.
The above, they said, to have “a preventive contingent” and that the mobilization does not affect the entry and exit of passengers at the air terminal.
The former soldiers affirmed that the mobilizations are protected by article 33 of the Constitution on the right to peaceful assembly and demonstration, although in October 2021 they caused great damage in Congress, where they entered by force and set fire to several cars in the parking lot.
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