por admin » Jue Sep 30, 2010 1:56 pm
Recorte de beneficios y no mas aumento de remuneraciones para la policia y los militares ocasionaron la protesta en Ecuador. El aeropuerto de Quito fue cerrado por las fuerzas aereas. El ejercito apoya a Correa.
Las protestas fueron del sector publico que tambien se ven afectadas por la regulacion. Los bancos y negocios cerrados por falta de seguridad.
Los guardias del congreso se negaron a abrir las puertas a los legisladores. 40,000 policias salieron a protestar, 35,000 militares tambien lo hicieron.
Se dice que estaban pidiendo elecciones anticipadas.
Police Launch Massive Protest in Ecuador
By MERCEDES ALVARO
QUITO—Members of Ecuador's national police and air force Thursday launched a massive strike against the government of President Rafael Correa.
The heated protests started after the Correa administration went ahead with overhauls that will cut benefits and affect decorations that increase remuneration for the police and military.
Police officials burned tires in the streets and protested against the government, while air force officials shut down the airport in Quito. The army has said it supports President Correa.
The protests have spread to other parts of Ecuador, and now include other public sector workers affected by the new legislation. Reports said that students have also started to protest.
Political analysts said the unrest is creating a political challenge for the Correa administration, especially as the military and police remain powerful political constituencies in the Andean nation.
Radio Quito reported that banks and other businesses in Ecuador were closing due to a lack of security. Various bank robberies have taken place in the southern city of Guayaquil.
Guards at the nation's Congress refused to open the doors to lawmakers who wanted to enter the national assembly.
The protests come, according to political analysts, as opposition legislators in the Congress have been meeting to try to force Mr. Correa to call early elections.
A police official, said 40,000 police officers are protesting across the nation. He added that 35,000 members of the military are supporting the demonstrations.
The national police started a large protest at a police barracks in the capital on Thursday to oppose the government's policies.
Newspaper El Comercio reported on its Web page that more than a 1,000 police officers protested in front of the barracks in the northern part of Quito, marching and chanting, "Correa is in trouble, as he messed with the police."
Mr. Correa, a left-leaning president, went to the barracks in Quito on Thursday morning and told the protesters that he won't back off from his government's changes.
"If you want to kill the president, kill him," Mr. Correa said in a speech in front of the protesters. "This president won't take a single step backwards," he added.
Mr. Correa took office in January 2007, and won again in elections in 2009. His term ends in 2013 but he can run again for a new four-year term.