The legislators in charge of the area of Petitions, Powers and Regulations will also discuss the necessary steps to create a group that promotes respect for the rights of indigenous communities.

Thursday’s meeting is set to begin at 11:30 a.m. local time. Experts on both issues, victims of the repression unleashed by the forces of the governor of Jujuy, Gerardo Morales, and representatives of aboriginal peoples are invited.

Modifications to the province’s Constitution proposed by Morales (Radical Civic Union) were approved last June despite massive protests; the governor responded with force to the demonstrations that went on after the event.

Among the aspects that generated the greatest discontent is article 67, which establishes that in order to guarantee the right to social peace, blockades of streets and routes and any demonstration that could be considered violent are prohibited, which is determined by the police.

Moreover, articles 94 and 95 provide for control over land and water, which affects the original communities, who were not heard by those who wrote the bill.

Hundreds of indigenous people arrived in Buenos Aires on Wednesday to defend the right to their lands and denounce the irregularities committed to approve the changes in the statutes.

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