NewsWhore
10-01-2007, 04:40 PM
The Alternative Social Forum's demands are certainly nothing new. According to one reporter, they are "aged claims that have rusted away in the agendas of public officials." Salary issues, including a call for a 30% wage increase; a government decreed reduction in the costs of medicines and foodstuffs; a one-year halt to government evictions from public lands; and some modifications in the Hydrocarbon Law are just a few of the Forum's demands. The 20-odd organizations that compose the Forum are staunch in their demands, insisting that the government has done little or nothing after the 9 July work stoppage. The sole exception is made up of the legislative activities surrounding the modification of the Hydrocarbon Law. Just last week Melanio Paredes, the Minister of Industry and Commerce, announced that he would recommend some changes to the President. The way the law is structured, the government profits directly from each gallon sold.
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