As a political and moral double was interpreted by the Government, the U.S. stance, which while supporting the coca acullico maintained its support for this practice is sanctioned. Moreover, the Executive considers that ancient chewing will not disappear or five thousand years.
government's position was expressed yesterday in different places, presidential spokesman Ivan Canelas and Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera after serving his time in defense of acullico, activity in places in the country and at several embassies in Bolivia and abroad.
line also came in response to the statement from the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia, which claims to support the acullico, but also makes clear that "the position of the United States Government not to support the amendment proposal (Bolivia) is based on the importance of maintaining the integrity of the 1961 Convention, which is an important tool for the global fight against drug trafficking."
is Washington's opposition to the proposed amendment submitted by Bolivia the year 2009-to the UN, for the decriminalization of coca chewing to be an ancient tradition and part of the culture of various peoples of the region, as in Peru, Ecuador and others.
The time to contest the proposed amendment it concluded later this month. The White House opposition anticipated, resulting in the call to another instance, a lecture-in Bolivia which relies on the support of nonaligned countries.
In that sense, Canelas said the United States acts with political interest, because if they are against acullico, it would why oppose the proposed amendment submitted by Bolivia. "We believe that the position assumed by the United States is a political position otherwise. If they are not against acullico coca leaf, they need not be against the amendment. What are you asking?, Is being asked not to punish or chewing coca chewing in the Andean countries and non-Andean. We believe there is a double standard in this attitude, "he said.
recalled that it has been shown that the chewing of coca leaf does not produce any damage to the body which, in contrast, is a series of medical benefits fighting several diseases, including diabetes.
He described the successful national day of acullico on Wednesday. "I think the country as a whole has expressed support for the initiative of the Government and President Evo Morales to support not only the position of President and Government, but to defend our culture," he said.
ACULL MIL FOR 5 YEARS
For its part, the Vice President said, "We regret the U.S. attitude of not accompany this application of our people, the respect of acullico. In the Andean world acullico people over five thousand years, this is a traditional ritual, religious, health of our country and not going away, and will take another five thousand years and not going away. "
The authority said he does not legalize the chewing is going against the history and peoples. "While the U.S. recognizes the acullico" said the second president, "not with us in changing that convention, which is what has been improperly prepared and that sooner or later must be modified. What will they do in Bolivia and Peru? Are we going to prevent aculliquemos? Are we going to throw bombs? They can not, so they have to understand. "
Act nutritional defend coca
A law and defend the nutritional properties medicinal coca leaf, announced the Senator Eugenio Rojas (MAS).
The legislature made the announcement at the National Day of acullico, a journey that swept across the country and had its epicenter off the premises of the U.S. Embassy United in La Paz.
Rojas said the project will be independent of the "Law 1008, the report said the agency Prensa Latina.
supported the campaign activities of the Executive to achieve an amendment to Article 49 of the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, an aspect that will be discussed on 30 January.
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