Confrontation between teachers and police at the Casona del Magisterio in La Paz
Teachers and police officers clashed on Friday outside the Casona del Magisterio in La Paz. The 48-hour national strike scheduled for 9 and 10 November remains in place.
Teachers climb balconies after being blocked by police in La Paz
The Departmental Federation of Urban Education Workers of La Paz staged a confrontation with police on Friday outside the Casona del Magisterio in central La Paz, according to urgente.bo. Teachers had established a protest at the location in rejection of the transfer of technical and technological institutes to regional governments.
"We wanted to establish the crucifixion as had already been planned. In that sense, a police contingent has arrived that prevents us from exercising this right to protest that we have at the front of what is the Casona del Magisterio," declared the executive secretary of the Federation, Anahí Bozo.
Faced with the police blockade, several teachers chose to climb the building's balconies to access the interior. Bozo warned that the pressure measures would continue and criticised the intervention of the uniformed officers: "We condemn the attitude of the police in repressing the right we have as workers to protest".
Dialogue between the education sector and the Government broke down last week. Following that breakdown, teachers ratified the 48-hour national strike scheduled for 9 and 10 November. The Minister of Education, Erick Sanjinés, described the measure as "political" and announced that he would enforce the decree establishing the principle of "day worked, day paid".
Source: Google News BO — La Paz