This action was part of the demands of farmers and indigenous sectors to revoke the legislation approved by both legislative chambers and enacted by President Rodrigo Paz in record time.

Law 1720 establishes the conversion of small, productive land properties into medium-sized properties and the possibility of mortgaging them.

Critics say it only benefits the agribusiness oligarchy and opens the door to large rural states.

The proposal to repeal the law in the legislature failed to obtain the two-thirds majority required to alter the agenda, so the debate was suspended, and the bill was not brought to the plenary session for consideration.

Daniela Cabrera, Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies, explained that the only way to address the initiative was to first modify the agenda.

The project was promoted by Helen Patino, lawmaker of the Partido Democrata Cristiano (Christian Democratic Party-PDC), who previously informed that the Amazon and Land Commission approved the proposal to repeal Law 1720 by majority vote.

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