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APPO, The De Facto Government in Oaxaca, Moves Toward Permanence
As Both Sides Dance Around an Agreement, a Decentralized People’s Government, Based on Indigenous Traditions, Begins to Take Shape
By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca
October 10, 2006
Every night we hold our breath, peering out into the dark where some tote flashlights and rocket flares, and some cradle army weapons. Every day that goes by in Oaxaca includes a jostle for position.
The daily headlines offer rising and then falling “hopes.” On Tuesday, October 9 we read that the APPO, teachers and government reached first agreements. The woman in the bakery smiled and all but jumped up and down – this may be it! But the non-negotiable demand remains: the departure of the governor Ulises Ruiz. After four and a half months of maintaining this position, the APPO still binds together hundreds of social organizations, albeit with string and chewing gum. The teachers’ union, Section 22 has held repeated consultations with the “bases,” the grass roots of their movement, and each time comes back with the agreement to stay out of the classrooms.
The current “accords,” including the return to the classrooms, must go to the bases for consultation and agreement or rejection.
The strategy of the APPO has been to stall. The First State Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca, held September 27–30, said so very clearly in its written report, which includes resolutions for the Constituent Congress, to formalize the State Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (AEPO, in its Spanish initials). The discussions on how exactly to form this new assembly will take place November 10, 11 and 12 in Oaxaca.
Stalling is an act of faith I can only admire. Time will turn faith into reality. For each “agreement,” four days elapse while the consultation with teachers occurs. The APPO hopes that with each passing day more of the nation and more of the international community who watch will put a damper on the Mexican Department of the Interior (known by its Spanish abbreviation “Segob”) before any federal smackdown begins. At the same time, by “negotiating” with the APPO, Abascal gives implicit recognition to the governing Oaxaca body, the one to make the deals with: the APPO.
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http://narconews.com/Issue43/article2138.html
Commentary from Oaxaca
October 10, 2006
Every night we hold our breath, peering out into the dark where some tote flashlights and rocket flares, and some cradle army weapons. Every day that goes by in Oaxaca includes a jostle for position.
The daily headlines offer rising and then falling “hopes.” On Tuesday, October 9 we read that the APPO, teachers and government reached first agreements. The woman in the bakery smiled and all but jumped up and down – this may be it! But the non-negotiable demand remains: the departure of the governor Ulises Ruiz. After four and a half months of maintaining this position, the APPO still binds together hundreds of social organizations, albeit with string and chewing gum. The teachers’ union, Section 22 has held repeated consultations with the “bases,” the grass roots of their movement, and each time comes back with the agreement to stay out of the classrooms.
The current “accords,” including the return to the classrooms, must go to the bases for consultation and agreement or rejection.
The strategy of the APPO has been to stall. The First State Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca, held September 27–30, said so very clearly in its written report, which includes resolutions for the Constituent Congress, to formalize the State Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (AEPO, in its Spanish initials). The discussions on how exactly to form this new assembly will take place November 10, 11 and 12 in Oaxaca.
Stalling is an act of faith I can only admire. Time will turn faith into reality. For each “agreement,” four days elapse while the consultation with teachers occurs. The APPO hopes that with each passing day more of the nation and more of the international community who watch will put a damper on the Mexican Department of the Interior (known by its Spanish abbreviation “Segob”) before any federal smackdown begins. At the same time, by “negotiating” with the APPO, Abascal gives implicit recognition to the governing Oaxaca body, the one to make the deals with: the APPO.
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http://narconews.com/Issue43/article2138.html
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