Santiago. – A coalition of popular, social, feminist and environmental organizations from the 14 provinces of the Cibao announced this Sunday the holding of a regional strike for 24 hours on the upcoming Monday, October 27, demanding solutions to multiple problems that, they say, affect the population.
The coalition’s spokesperson, Osvaldo Brito, explained that the decision was made during the XIV Assembly held at the UASD campus in Santiago, where actions of struggle were agreed upon in response to the government’s lack of answers to citizens’ demands.
Among the main demands cited are the end of power outages, the reduction of fuel prices and the basic food basket, access to drinking water, the cessation of police abuses, as well as measures in favor of environmental preservation and natural resources.
The leader of Los Peregrinos de Moca, Juan Compres, stated that the protest aims to paralyze the 14 northern provinces to demand political will regarding claims that, he said, have been ignored.
On his side, José Mercado, another coalition member, criticized the official indifference to cases of corruption, human rights violations and land dispossession of farmers, which also motivated the call for a strike.
The day of shutdown includes halting the productive activities of the entire region. The coalition includes, among others, the Broad Front of Popular Struggle (FALPO), the Cibao Women’s Coordinator, the Front of Struggle Unity and Progress (FLUP), the Empowered Women Opening Paths Foundation, the Mamá Tingó Women’s Movement and the Mirabal Sisters Feminist Movement.
