The Association of University Students “Oliver Castañeda de León” published on Facebook a video in which students denounced that, given the expulsion of 10 classmates, they decided to state this Friday, May 30 in one of the squares of the University of San Carlos (USAC), on the central campus of Zone 12.
According to the complainants, Rector Walter Mazariegos ordered the closure of pedestrian income and vehicles on the university campus.
They affirmed that this “narcodictura” limits constitutional and universal rights, such as freedom of locomotion and chair.
They indicated that the university will be “released by the decent student.”
The group of students launched several slogans in rejection of Mazariegos, whom they pointed out to close that house of studies to the people of Guatemala.
“We will not allow them to criminalize the protest. We open the university that you closed,” said one of the protesters.
“It was the student who opened the gates in the face of the repression of the rectory, in the face of the repression of the administration. We do not agree with the spurious expulsions that are taking place to our classmates,” said another protester.
These reactions occur after, in a statement, the Association of University Students and other entities rejected the decision of the University Higher Council to expel several students indicated by the taking of the USAC in 2022.
In communication, student associations described the decision of “arbitrary” and affirmed that it is a flagrant violation of human rights and an attack on freedom of expression and student resistance in the USAC.
USAC is pronounced
The USAC, in a statement, said: “The University Security Division informs the Sancarlist community: this Friday, May 30, the preventive closures of the Central Campus, zone 12, were carried out, as a measure to avoid intimidation against students, workers and teachers, after the presence of a group of protesters who expressed belonging to the Rafael Landívar University, oblivious to this house of studies”.
“This action seeks to protect the integrity of the university community and prevent any alteration of the order within the campus,” said the university.
He said: “It is clarified that academic and administrative activities continue to develop normally within the facilities.”
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Landivarians are pronounced by expulsion
In a statement, the Landivarians said: “From the Landivarian student movement, we reject the expulsion of 10 students by the CSU of the University of San Carlos, in retaliation for having defended their university before the illegitimate imposition of Walter Mazariegos as a rector.”