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Even In Defeat, Ortega Stands Strong
posted (January 20, 2015)
And while they were there to support Alfredo Ortega, Lucilo Teck, Javier Keme and their own Christian Workers Union President Audrey Matura Shepherd - Ortega has his own difficult questions to answer. He stands to be on the wrong side of the history as the season has started and a 7 year agreement has been signed - yet even yesterday he was still protesting against it. Here's what the media had for him yesterday:..

Reporter
"Sir, how do you answer the criticism that today you are wasting these people time, you are wasting your time because this protest will lead to nothing?"

Alfredo Ortega, Director, Orange Walk Branch, B.S.C.F.A
"No, that's not true. We are not wasting anybody's time. I think that these people that are here, they are fighting for their rights. In this case, we have the government siding with ASR/BSI and that is why things has happen as they are. Farmers are being chanced and there are many farmers at this point don't realize what would be the end result of this, but believe me you, that in the future, you will see things happening and you will see how many famers will become slaves instead of farmers."

Jules Vasquez
"Fred, supposed we were to say that it's you, Mr. Teck and the others who are responsible for the splintering of the BSCFA to now down to just 58% of the cane farmers."

Alfredo Ortega, Director, Orange Walk Branch, B.S.C.F.A
"I wouldn't hold responsibility for that, but if that was the case, that farmers choose to do so because of the movement that we were looking forward in getting benefit for all the cane farmers, not only for one specific group or whatsoever. What we are looking for within this fight is that the farmers get a benefit out of being part of this industry. That is our fight and what we are looking for. It's like when families part, if you have your son and he marries, then he moves away from your house, but that doesn't means that he is not your family. So, in the same case we are seeing that we need to be united, no matter to which group they belong, to which group they want to be."

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