Tribunal del Valle rules in favor of the Mayor's Office of Cali for acting unemployed - Cali - Colombia

The claims of the authors of a Popular Action against various State entities for their role in the 2021 national strike were denied, in the first instance, in the Administrative Court of Valle del Cauca “due to the current lack of an object by fact overcome”.

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The plaintiffs requested the use of public force, militarization and the use of weapons to end the protests of the social outbreak.

The defendant entities, the Presidency of the Republic, the Department of Valle del Cauca, the National Protection Unit, the Ministry of the Interior, the Municipalities of Candelaria, Palmira, Jamundí and the District of Cali, presented their arguments in the response to demand, pointing out the importance of dialogue and agreement, as well as the measures that were taken to lift the blockades.

It should be remembered that the national strike began because of the tax reform proposal presented by the National Government, which generated widespread rejection.

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The director of the Administrative Department of Public Legal Management of the Cali Mayor’s Office, María del Pilar Cano Sterling, pointed out that Cali is a pioneer in building agreements, as happened on May 31, 2021 when Mayor Jorge Iván Ospina signed Decree 0304 of 2021 .

Cano stressed that the essence of Decree 0304 of 2021 was to build trust between the administration and the community in the understanding that dialogue is the way forward, a process that was accompanied by the Archdiocese of Cali and international organizations such as the UN – High Commissioner for Rights Humans, OEA-MAPP, who became guarantors of the processtogether with the Ombudsman, because the priority was to safeguard the lives of citizens.

“Legitimate solutions were sought to strengthen trust in the institutions because dialogue was not being held with groups outside the law, but with young people, some university students who have not been able to continue their studies, high school graduates, unemployed youth, who have not had access to education or a formal job and they had a lot to say”, explained the Legal Director.

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The music student Álvaro Herrera was illegally captured while participating in the ‘Symphonic Cacerolazo‘ during the strike in Cali.

The young man was detained by armed civilians and was assaulted in a CCommand of Immediate Attention (CAI) of Ciudad Jardín.

Journalist Wilson Morales also had to leave the city due to threats when he was singled out as a leftist or journalist. first line.

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Álvaro Herrera, who specializes in playing the horn, was in the public act of the ‘Cacerolazo Sinfónico’ when civilians arrived and took him to the Police CAI on May 28, 2021.

When he was in those police facilities, the young man was forced to say that he was a hooligan. In June there was an act of reconciliation between the musician and the police.

The threats did not stop and in December there was an assassination attempt, of which the circumstances are reserved.

The exile was made known by Herrera, in virtual transmission, in the meeting ‘What did the national strike leave us in Cali? Young people dream of a different city’, which was held on Wednesday, February 2 by Colombia+20 and the German Embassy.

The Orange Movement lamented the exile of the musician and assured that this was due to those who, without any proof, were in charge of pointing out people who participated in the strike as vandals.

The assassination of Hernán Naranjo, peasant from Arauca. The assassination of Julio César Bravo, Councilor of Nariño, the exile of Álvaro Herrera, a young musician from Cali, only proves that the war continues to be allowed and the Gob e @IvanDuque Through their policy of death, they are accomplices!

– Aida Quilcue (@aida_quilcue) February 3, 2022

The emeritus professor of the National University and Nobel Peace Prize 2016, Gonzalo Sánchez, who was director of the National Center for Historical Memorywarned that “being young, putting music to the protest, and being tortured as a supposed “vandal” in police facilities, becomes a deadly signal. The State is responsible for his life and the costs of exile.”

Councilor Ana Erazo wrote: “Yesterday we spoke in a conversation about impunity and the violation of human rights in the framework of the strike and today we woke up with this news. Álvaro Herrera, the musician detained and tortured in Cali, leaves the country due to lack of guarantees for his life”.

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