Gremio clarifies that the carriers’ strike is indefinite, and not just on Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 June.

leader Martin OjedaDirector National Board of Surface Transportationclarified that the strike of carriers is indefinite, and not just this Monday, June 27 and Tuesday, and explained that the government must resolve “structural issues” this weekend in order for this shutdown to be suspended.

In an interview with RPP NewsOjeda questioned Council President Aníbal Torres and Transport Minister Juan Barranzuela for minimizing the union’s demands and ensuring that some sectors were not going to comply with the stop announced this Monday, June 27. .

“This does not surprise us, because this is the executive branch, which is used to joining illegal transport contrary to the principles of the public interest. This minister (Barranzuela) the first thing he did when he took office was to meet with illegal transport, so he does not surprise us that you do not know who are the subjects of this economic activity,” he said.

The chief of transport accused the representatives executive power give answers “which, instead of facilitating the situation, upset it.” Similarly, he acknowledged that relations with this guild are “difficult” because the various steps taken Ministry of transportation they did not fulfill their basic requirements.

In detail, the demands of this sector are focused on, among other things, higher fuel prices, higher toll prices. Justifying the nationwide strike, which will take place from this Monday, June 27, the leader guaranteed that there would be no roadblocks that could harm the population that day.

“I hope there are no people who got in, we agreed to turn off the engines, in the case of truck drivers they will evaluate this, but a slap in the face, because after meetings with the Minister of Transport, these statements show false arrogance and they do not know where they stand,” – he said.

The government assures that the strike “will only be in some sectors”

This Friday, Prime Minister Anibal Torres confirmed that “negotiations with carriers are ongoing” before some heavy haulers’ unions announced an indefinite strike on 27 June.

During the press conference, the head Cabinet He also denied the possibility a lack of capital markets in the face of possible carrier strike. He added that if this forceful measure is introduced, then only from “some sectors of the carriers.”

“There is a threat of a transport strike on Monday, but negotiations with carriers continue. It is likely that there will be no strike, or if there is a strike, it will be only in some sectors of the carriers. especially for 10 days of lack of markets. This is not true,” he said.

For his part, the head of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, John Barranzuelaconfirmed that, at the behest of President Pedro Castillo, his sector worked “in advance” with several freight transport unions, which made it possible to reach “some arrangements” with important unions and decide not to go on strike.

“Negotiations are in the final stage, we still hope to reach an agreement,” the head of the military-technical cooperation said at a press conference organized by the Presidium of the Council of Ministers.

John Barranzuela it was reported that, with the help of multi-sectoral technical groups, various regulatory measures have been developed in relation to “drafted, issued and signed” supreme decrees that address the issue of driver’s licenses, additional infrastructure and which provide certain guarantees to carriers against the unfair behavior of some private sector companies in relation to competition . .

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