After hoping that their grievances would be followed up, the authority's auxiliaries held a meeting with the head of the province.

During this meeting, which lasted more than two hours, the discussions focused on a series of points relating to their problems and concerns.

At the end of these conversations, their representatives realised that their problems were going from bad to worse. Faced with such a deadlock, they announced to us that they were preparing to organise a series of protests so that their demands would be taken into consideration and followed up. In the event that they saw nothing coming, the auxiliaries would be ready to start a strike that was to continue until Monday, December 10. This walkout could be followed by several other militant actions.