Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega announced that the reforms to the Nicaraguan Institute of Social Security (INSS), which were issued on April 16th and caused six days of continuous protests, were canceled.
The president read a letter dated April 22nd and signed by Doctor Roberto López, president of the Institute, in which the measures that included increases in contributions and retirement age were reversed.
There’s a clean table to sit down and discuss the issue, with employers and workers,”
said Ortega, who added that he would call for talks with the private sector and groups of employees. He also promised a closer relationship with companies in free zones, which gave him a vote of support.
In contrast, he also criticized the employers grouped in the Higher Council of Private Enterprise (Cosep) for having conditioned the negotiation to a cessation of repression.
At least 24 people died in Nicaragua in the violent protests that plunged the country into chaos. The victims include students who initiated the movement, police officers and young supporters of the ruling Sandinista Front, accused of attacking protesters.