Minister of Labor: “Not everyone who works on the street is a potential killer”

Luis Alfonso Adriansen, Minister of Labor and Employment Promotion, referred to the decision of the Municipality of Santiago de Surco to ban outpatient windshield and vehicle washing on public roads under its jurisdiction.

In this regard, the head of Labor asked to assess the social context, given that not all people working on the street commit criminal acts.

“We are from the point of view Ministry of Labor we must add a point of social and economic context in which many Peruvians live, as well as migrants who do not get decent work, formal work and are forced to take to the streets to “earn resources” through trade,” he said. in dialogue with News Extension from PTR.

In this sense, he asked to contextualize an issue that requires a “much more serious” analysis, but without losing sight of citizens’ concerns about safety on the streets.

“In addition to the understandable demand of citizens for more security, not all people who are on the streets and doing informal work are potential killers, but it is clear that citizens demand security,” he said.

As you know, on April 6, at the hands of Venezuelan citizen Jose Alberto Giron Holder, taxi driver Jean Marco Caro Nunez was killed with a knife wound in the chest.

The incident occurred during a fight that arose because a taxi driver prevented Hearon Holder from washing his car windows.

Surco officially bans ambulatory windshield cleaning

Municipality of Santiago de Surco in accordance with Mayoral Decree No. 08-2023-MSS published in the Official Gazette. Peruvian manannounced a ban on “outpatient windshield and other washing activities on public roads” in the area.

The measure specifies that owners who carry out or allow third parties to wash their cars on the streets of Surco will be fined.

According to the table of offenses, “carrying out commercial activities on public roads without the permission of the municipality” (windshield wipers and vehicle washers) will be considered a serious offense and will result in a fine of 35% of one Tax unit (UND)which is equivalent to S/1732.50.

While “the owner for performing or allowing third parties to wash their vehicle on public roads”, this would be considered a minor offense and would carry a fine of 10% of one ITUi.e. S/495.