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Increase 6.5%: Government and retirees agree

After a marathon meeting that lasted about seven hours, the Government and retirees arrived early on Friday to an agreement ending a two-day mobilizations by increasing rents. The agreement provides for an increase of 6.5% to the wage bill.

The previous government's offer of 5% on the mass of the income of pensioners, had allowed more than half of the 122 000 renters access to an increase of 7.18%, which is exactly equivalent to the rate inflation last year.

The agreement signed between the government and retirees have the same figure as the previous proposal. The difference now is that renters must present a study is made for better distribution. This means that the lowest incomes would increase in greater proportion to those received by people with higher incomes.

in telephone contact with the medium, the executive secretary of the National Federation of Retired and Annuitants of Bolivia, Mamerto Goyochea said that in addition to the wage increase, the Executive agreed to pay the reimbursement in two installments.

"We closed a deal that has resulted in a 6.5% to the wage bill with the perspective that we bring a distribution project within the framework that we have analyzed," said the leader, who announced the disbandment of parallel bases.

Under the new Pension Act, the rent paid by the General Treasury of the Nation are adjusted annually by the inverse method and maintenance of value according to the variation of the Unit Housing Development (UFV), which in 2010 stood at 1.75%.

Goyochea acknowledged that the negotiations were very difficult, "there was no other option," so to meet in the next few hours with the basis to inform them about the deal. "Today we must deliver a written response to the ministers," he said.

The meeting between the executive authorities and the leader of retirees began at 18.00 on Thursday and ended at 01.00 am on Friday. At 22.15 there was a brief pause for the leadership of the Confederation report to their bases on the negotiation.

Minister Economy and Public Finance, Luis Arce, who was head of the negotiations, had initially proposed a 6% increase, but the offer was rejected. At 22.50 was reinstalled the negotiating table and, after an hour and 10 minutes, the final agreement is reached. There

casualties and desertions in the march Goyochea

According Mamerto, about 6,000 people started the march from the village of Quemalla. "In one day 2,000 people left the movement."

Locks in La Paz in support of the marchers

Hours before the agreement, retirees demanded President Evo Morales a 11% increase in their pensions, blocked the streets of La Paz to support the marching through the highlands with the same purpose.

The protesters, some very old and leaning on canes, cut off several streets in the seat of government by creating chaos in the transport, while others held demonstrations against the executive and threatened to block widespread in the city, media reported.

The head of the Confederation of Pensioners of Bolivia, Mamerto Goyochea, who leads a march on the plateau that leads to La Paz, told Reuters by telephone from Wednesday marched 18 kilometers in the middle of low temperatures, which affected the health of many who could not continue the protest.

The Pensioners Confederation, which brings in 122,000 people, requires 11% increase in their pensions because it believes that the 5% offered by the Government is "discriminatory" and "insensitive." The head of the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), the miner Pedro Montes, announced it will support the retired and he will join his march on the plateau.

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