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RENAP: A threat to the identity of indigenous peoples approved claim


In order to contribute to strengthen and improve our service to the National Registry of Persons-RENAP-paid to the Guatemalan indigenous population, authorities from the Guatemalan Association of Mayors Authorities and Indigenous-AGAAI, and the Embassy of Indigenous Peoples Travelling held a close, amid concerns expressed in the Maya, Xinca and Garifuna of Guatemala, where complaint from poor attention to the rejection of names and place names own indigenous worldview.

The AGAAI Executive Director, Carlos Guarquez indicated that it has opened a space for dialogue and legal analysis, political and administrative law regarding the National Registry of Persons, which provides preliminary results of linguistic irrelevance cultural and indigenous peoples, lack of recognition in the practice of political exercise of indigenous leaders who are perceived by the RENAP as a sort of colonial servitude, denial of the 23 different peoples who live together as the country to give ladino or indigenous features only in personal identification.

add to the above complaints from indigenous communities in several departments, which highlight the terrible personal care, lack of bilingual human resources, wear too much time and money to obtain a Personal Identification Document-DPI-imposition of a electronic system does not recognize indigenous names or linguistic communities recognized as such, inhabited by 65% \u200b\u200bof the Guatemalan population. More complaints


chiefs gathered in AGAAI councilors have expressed their own concern in finding the books of the Civil Registry and Neighbourhood cultural heritage, they who were under his custody for 133 and 77 years respectively. Also, the mayors are concerned that the cost of IPR suffer further increases affecting the pockets of the population already experiencing some municipalities to see diminished revenues from the operation of RENAP.

For its part, the Presidential Commission against Discrimination and Racism against Indigenous Peoples, CODISRA, "after investigation set position and filed a complaint against RENAP, arguing that the entity incurs in discrimination and racism against indigenous peoples Guatemala.

During a space for dialogue and reflection between Traveling Embassy of Indigenous Peoples and midwives from different linguistic communities, the latter demanded more respect for indigenous peoples and their own forms of organization. There was testimony to outsource contempt and harassment RENAP offices, where they have faced numerous difficulties in registering newborns. Conflict prevention


"The RENAP is driven to a wrong path looking to lose or delete the identity of indigenous peoples. I urge everyone to join us this ethno-cultural persecution not consumed, "said Ambassador-Indigenous Peoples, Cirilo Pérez Oxlaj. The Indian official pointed out that one should not forget that there are national and international legal instruments that support the culture and worldview of indigenous peoples.

Meanwhile, the leadership of the AGAAI regrets that the recommendations given to the authorities of RENAP since 2006 to date, are ignored. "We believe and argue that reform must include not only how to make the record, but also the law and its regulations, as well as the Admin. Not addressed the problem could generate local lawlessness as has happened in some municipalities, not to mention general elections approaching, the ingredient that many people have in their hands DPI and the card, which could be because of fraud, "the Executive Director AGAAI.