Teachers of section 22 of the National Union of Education Workers (SNTE) they protested this Wednesday and tried to boycott the First Report of Governor Salomón Jara Cruz.
During their demonstrations, the teachers detained legislators, state government officials, as well as the Judiciary in the local Congress, where they went to comply with the protocol for handing over the president’s accounts.
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Solomon Jara prepared a popular calendar and a message to the population from a pavilion placed in front of the Government Palace, however, hundreds of education workers They appeared in that square, They removed metal fences and threw the chairs that were for the guests, so that event scheduled for 10:00 a.m. was cancelled.
Meanwhile, members of the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) closed the access to the local Congress building, located in the municipality of San Raymundo Jalpan, where they left the general secretary of the government, Jesús Romero López, locked up; to members of the governor’s legal and expanded cabinet; to the head of the State Judicial Branch, Eduardo Pinacho Sánchez, to the attorney general Bernardo Eodeiguez, and to the local deputies.
The officials and legislators managed to leave the Legislative Palace after 3:00 p.m., when the mentors decided to leave.
After the teacher demonstrations on the esplanade of the Government Palace and the local Congress building, the State Government changed the location of the president’s message to the Guelaguetza auditorium for 6:00 p.m., while the teachers were summoned in front of the Victoria hotel, about 300 meters from the auditorium entrances.
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The education union members demonstrated in front of the alternate venue when the governor was already giving his message. During the march to the auditorium, the teachers attacked to photojournalist Hugo Velasco, who was allegedly robbed of a cell phone.
The teachers accuse that the state president lied by not giving all the answers to the request list delivered since May 1, and that there have been six months of negotiations with Salomón Jara that have not ended, so they announced that this Thursday they will continue their demonstration in the Government Secretariat.
The protests were led by the General Secretary of the Union, Yenny Pérez Martínez, who called for a work stoppage in the City Sector since last Tuesday.
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Meanwhile, members of the DI-90 union delegation of Ciudad Ixtepec carried out blockades on six stretches of highway for the second consecutive day, affecting land connectivity with Chiapas, Veracruz and the state capital to demand the immediate start of work at the Tehuantepec regional hospital. and care in clinics in the isthmus region, by agreements with ISSSTE officials.