The script plan for compulsory car insurance after protests in Guatemala

Sometimes after two days of violent protests, the President of Guatemala Bernardo Arévalo refused to order a car insurance in the Central American nation.

Within the new law, owners of cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles, car insurance produced in the accident could be required to pay insurance.

President Arévalo, the new rule is to compensate victims of traffic accidents, but many in many Guatemala – each 55% said they will not be able to get an extra cost because every 55% live in poverty.

Thousands closed large ways and faced the police during the days to decree on Monday.

The government ordered Last month, more than 50 people died in a deadly bus accident.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, the President said that some of them were selected to bring the necessary changes in the country, some could be difficult.

“I am sure that a new common transport law is moving towards the welfare of our country,” and traffic accidents were the main reason for death in Guatemala.

He said that after the talks with the protesters, the two sides agreed to build a technical committee to prepare a plan to promote compulsory insurance over a year.

One of the concerns voiced by the protesters, the order was a thought of the costs of the motorists once they took into force on May 1.

The blockades paralyzed the parts of the capital, forced their schools and some enterprises to close.