According to the“Costa Rica times” reported on the 22nd, as protests and demonstrations triggered by growing unrest, the Panamanian government announced 20, the Western Province of cattle and mouth into a state of emergency. The Chinese embassy in Panama has issued a reminder that the public order situation there is serious, reminding Chinese citizens in Panama not to go to dangerous places.
Agence France-presse said that the province is the main banana-producing area of Pakistan, the related protests have lasted two months. Clashes in recent days have erupted after police tried to clear roads blocked for weeks by protesters with tree trunks, resulting in one death, nearly 30 injuries and more than 50 arrests. Police said“Rioters” looted shops in the cash-saving city of Jinora, burned down a baseball field and ransacked the local warehouse of US“Banana Giant” Jingida. The government of Panama has declared a state of emergency in the entire province, suspending the exercise of constitutional rights by some people in order to restore social order, presidential minister Juan Carlos Orialiak said. He said the measures would be implemented for five days.
Reported that the province’s banana farmers strike in late April, to oppose the Panamanian parliament passed the pension reform bill that month. Workers said the reforms“Will force them to work longer hours”. According to the Qa?ar Al Jazeera, the main participants in the strike were workers from the local Jinjida Banana Plantation, led by the Banana Farmers’ Union, which has laid off thousands of workers. Some workers withdrew after negotiating to restore some benefits that had been canceled in previous pension reforms, but protests by other groups continued.
As well as protesting pension reform, Panamanians have recently taken to the streets to protest an April agreement with the US that allows US troops to be stationed along the Panama Canal, AFP reported. (Umihei)