A «Transversal» Demonstration Against the Cuts in Social Rights
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www.elperiodic.ad DIMARTS, 10 DE JULIOL DEL 2018 el Periòdic d’Andorra 15 CONEIXEMENT SOBRE d'Andorra L’ÚS DE LES TECNOLOGIES elelENGLISHTema PeriòdicPeriòdic del EDITION dia NewsW E D 1xx 2 PUBLIC OUTCRY A «transversal» demonstration against the cuts in social rights Unions, entities and political parties call for a Discontent goes beyond labor reforms and points «non moving protest» on Monday evening, 8:30h to the cost of «unsustainable» life and rental prices EL PERIÒDIC SERGI PÉREZ ESCALDES-ENGORDANY @ElPeriodicAND nions, organizations and political parties recently convened a «fixed (will not Ube marching through the streets) protest» for next Monday at 8:30 pm, in front of the Biscariet Pass (old Escale) «as a sign of protest, civic and peaceful, for the approved laws at the cabinet on December 6, due to the inaction of the Government against the high rental prices of housing, the cost of living in our country, the low retirement pensions and a decent sa- lary», among others, according to the organizers in a statement subsequent to a meeting open to all who wanted to support the initiative and of which the three spokesmen, Joan Seguí, Pre- sident of Podem; Gabriel Ubach, Ge- neral Secretary of USDA and Lluis Fer- reira, highlighted the «transversality of the movement». This common front (front comú) must be understood as a necessari- ly broad subject, according to the or- ganizers, because on the one hand, it Demonstration of public workers during last March. pursues a claim of social rights that goes beyond the labor, union and pu- blic safety reform approved by the ca- to address all the damage to which we the protest: «In a few days 300 people that: «This common front returns to binet last Thursday and on the other, are subjected to from DA» he asserted. said they would attend and some 700 the union during the constitutional it groups diverse and very different Ubach said that for a long time USDA said they were interested». However, period and now Andorra needs this ideological sensibilities. For the mo- has been accused of «only defending GABRIEL UBACH Ubach preferred not to venture a fo- transversal union again to liberate us ment, the demonstration has been the rights of civil servants» and this is SPOKESMAN OF FRONT COMÚ recast of attendees and considered it from absolutism as a result of a bad conceived as «a measurement of for- showing otherwise with concerns for would be better to go step by step. electoral system». ces on this common front and, from the whole of Andorran society, accor- «The demonstration will Regarding the diversity of the call, here, we will see what actions we pro- ding to Ubach. «This time we are all be a measurement of spokesman Lluis Ferreira stated that DISSEMINATION AND SYMBOLISM The spo- pose» Ubach said when asked about going as one» he expressed optimistic forces of this common «rights are not a matter of right nor kespersons pointed out that /this week the possibility of calling on the gene- about the different political sensibili- left wing citizens. This is not a battle of there will be communicative actions ral strike. The common front is sup- ties that were seen at the meeting and front and from here we will the lefties, as we have sometimes wan- to disseminate the demonstration ported by different unions in the co- was confident that other public func- consider other actions» ted to believe, it’s for all citizens». A «we will also inform and invite La Seu untry, besides the political parties Po- tion unions will end up supporting it: very similar opinion was expressed by [d’Urgell] because we want to involve dem, PS and Candidatura Sobiranista «I recently sent the summary of the JOAN SEGUÍ Candidatura Sobiranista lead by Eusebi cross-border workers, who are also af- lead by Eusebi Nomen.One of the ob- discussed points » he stated. On the ot- SPOKESMAN OF FRONT COMÚ Nomen, who was present at the me- fected by the situation» Seguí stated. jectives is to join other entities to or- her hand, both Seguí as the rest of the eting and adhered to the public pro- Likewise, Ubach explained that they ganize a protest that represents An- spokesmen defined the demonstrati- «We want to involve test: «This protest shows a very clear will ask the assistants to bring «an dorran citizenship, explained Seguí. on as necessary «to channel the indig- all workers, also the position in the face of the degradation umbrella to symbolize the hardships nation» due to the violation of soci- ones across the border of the institutions and all the forces from workers (la que ens està caient als OUTRAGE After the meeting of organi- al rights that are being experienced. who believe in democracy, enough is treballadors)». Other assistants were zing the/ protest, Ubach was quite sa- Seguí was positive about the commu- and we will extend the enough» he expressed in relation to unfavorable over the use of umbrellas tisfied with how it had gone and by nication on social media and calcu- informative actions» the facts that have led to a generalized and considered that they represented the constitution «of a common front lated the indicative participation in discontent in the citizens. He added the situation well enough. H 2 www.elperiodic.ad WEDNESDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2018 el Periòdic News COURT CASE ep. The report from forensics con- clude that the cause of death was Two year prison demand for duty to the drop in body temperature be- low 26 degrees Celsius. «With hy- pothermia, one usually loses three degrees every hour, but the weat- rescue neglect in fatal avalanche her conditions at the time of the accident did not help» he explai- TONY LARA ned, referring to -7.3 degrees, 81% The devastating events humidity and bursts of wind of 50 km/h. In addition, the victim suf- occurred on Christmas fered bone fractures and other in- Day in Soldeu in 2013 juries, such as pulmonary edema (fluid accumulation in lungs ma- king it hard to breath) and a frac- EL PERIÒDIC ANDORRA LA VELLA ture in the femur, non vital inju- @PeriodicAND ries. However, it did prevent her from moving and trying to get out he case of the 27-year-old on the surface. The forensic doctor woman from Barcelona confirmed that she could have be- who lost her life buried by en saved if help came sooner. Tan avalanche in the Sol- deu-El Tarter sector of Grandvali- ACCUSATION WITHOUT DECLERATIONS ra on Christmas day in 2013 came The defendants never declared be/- to Corts (the high court). The vic- fore the judge nor the police, who tim suffered a «severe hypother- made the report of the statement mia» and caused a heart attack, «with spontaneous allegations and the forensic doctor informed, af- A woman in the hallway of Batllia (high court). phrases», a fact that lamented all ter being buried for two hours. 33 the parts of the trial, even though When the two snowboarders with 2 years in prison with parole. The did indeed cause the avalanche» area. Police and Grandvalira’s wor- he pointed to one of the two com- whom they allegedly shared the lawyer of the victim, in addition to since there was a clear cut in the kers agreed to say that the defen- missioners who was next to the dangerous slope, located between the prison sentence, demands fi- snow. Minutes later, they recei- dants caused the avalanche and body at the time of the events. The the Cabirol and Falcó slopes, they nancial compensation for the rela- ved notice that two snowboarders they skipped the orange tape and two defendants denied the words finally alerted the station. The two tives of €124,000. had lost sight of a woman in the the no enter zone sign. «We just included in the police report. The collegues were charged the follo- The defendants denied that they went up the chair lift together, as defense refuted that the Court can wing day for a major crime by ne- made the descent with the victim, we did many times» they argued. not take them into consideration glect of the duty to rescue by seri- nor had a friendship with her, they The prosecution «They told me they were sure that when deciding the penalty or pos- ous imprudence. «If they had given only knew each other from the slo- affirmthat if the notice the avalanche had not taken the sible sentance and the prosecutor the warning to the station when it pes, that the area was closed by ava- victim, who was snowboarding on stated that the evidence provided ocurred, she would still be alive. lanche risk and that they produ- had been given sooner, the left side of the slope» said one by the public prosecutor demons- They lost precious hours» the mi- ced the avalanche. However, this «when it happened» she of the two agents who testified.The trates a «clear evidence» that «no- nistry said, asking for both defen- last fact was tested by the station avalanche of about 25 meters, bu- body did anything to help the vic- dants, non-residents of 38 and 37, workers, who testified that «they would have survived ried the girl more than a meter de- tim». H POLICE WORK ROAD SAFETY material damage and was also un- Man arrested for abandoning der the influence: 1.76 g / l. On the ot- ‘Afluixa!’ campaign starts her hand, a young resident of 20 ye- ars, 1.47 g / l, caused an accident with and starving dogs until death two injured, residents of 20 and 21, with the goal of zero victims EL PERIÒDIC SERGI PERÉZ in the capital.