government

A week and a half has now passed since my visit to Fundo Comun and things have moved frustratingly slowly. To revoke the mandates of all those currently holding elected positions in the council and start again cleanly we need to call a Citizen's Assembly, yet for this assembly to be legally binding more than 20% of the population over 15 to attend.

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Creation? No, Re-activation

My neck aches as I stand, stooped under the sagging roof of the packed bus to Fundo Comun, the local branch of the Local Presidential Commission for Popular Power. It is two days after the head of our building, J, told us of the old Community Council in La Independencia and we need to find out what currently exists in the community to discover what work remains to be done. It is three o'clock, Tuesday.

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