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"Indigenous peoples embody a new political actor" |
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Indigenous peoples have made one of the most far-reaching contributions in the republican history to show the country that exist and assert their rights, said Congresswoman Jane Huancahuari Ayacucho, on the eve of the commemoration of the tragic events of Bagua.
"As of Bagua, the Peruvian state and society know that a new political and social actor has to rise up in the country and that must change attitudes, procedures and laws to ensure true cross-cultural practices including both sides," he said. Huancahuari Paucar, who confirmed their attendance for tomorrow 5 June at Devil's Curve, it considered that the main task of the state is to incorporate the vision of development of indigenous peoples in the country's destiny.
The development vision of indigenous peoples has proven to be in harmony with mother nature and rational in the care of the ecosystem in any altitudinal. However, he noted, there are some sectors interested in stressing the confrontation between indigenous and non-indigenous, and present the first of violent and wild, when in truth, their struggle is part of social justice, peace and good living.
Huancahuari invoked the Presidency of the Council of Ministers to disseminate to their staff the provisions of Convention 169, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the new Act consultation. Finally, he stated that in Bagua attend to express their solidarity with the people and the families of the fallen natives and police last year.
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