Atocongo: unofficial bus service continues to operate despite carrier strike

The transport unions of Lima and Callao did not support the nationwide strike announced on Tuesday, November 22, a union spokesman announced. David Mujica. And this is reflected in Terminal Atokongowhere is he informal bus service continues to work normally.

Team RPP News was able to verify that, on average, at 06:10, buses running on routes such as Cañete, Chincha, Pisco, Ica, Mala and AsiaThey kept coming to location. meanwhile, inflow from passengers It is similar to previous days.

Also the price of Tickets did not submit changes. For example, tickets to Ica still cost between S$15 and S$20.

However, the picture is different in Atocongo Official Terminal, located on the auxiliary route Panamericana Sur. In this terminal, the doors are closed and only buses arriving from places such as Puno, Arequipa and Cusco.

Meanwhile, the Yerbateros bus station in San Luis is seeing a small influx of passengers, to the point that only one bus agency was open at 07:42, offering directions to Huancayo, Jauha and Chupaca.

Carriers from Lima and Callao will not comply with the national strike scheduled for this Tuesday.

David MujicaThe spokesman and legal adviser for the Lima and Callao Transporters’ Union announced in the RPP that the stop scheduled for this Tuesday in the capital has been suspended.

“The stop is removed. At least tomorrow the public transport unions that I represent are not on strike, no matter what the cargo is, they have another platform for orders. What is public transport, it does not strike,” Mujica said. night air rotary.

National Transport Board (Cotrap – Apoip) It was determined that a strike would take place on Tuesday due to rising fuel prices and demands that the government refuses to comply with. Nonetheless, David Mujica explained that the Ministry of Transport promised to start a dialogue table.

“On Wednesday, what the Ministry of Transport and Communications suggested to us was to start a working table to solve these problems that were not visible. There are no signs of a solution,” he explained.

carriers representative He indicated that the partially resolved issue is the withdrawal of cars from circulation due to age, they were given three to four months, but expressed regret that the fuel subsidy was not provided.

“Economists point out that the best way to subsidize public transport is to seek the reduction or elimination of certain taxes.
It will be about the fight against informality, YOU and it has already shown that they do not have the ability to resist it,” he said.

Interregional transport requirements

For his part, Martin Ojeda, director of the National Transportation Council, told the RPP over the weekend that there were four main demands in his sector: a high fuel price, a congressional delay in approving the 70% Selective Consumption Tax (ISC) Reimbursement Act, reimbursement of the cost of tolls and the work of the MTC, “which gives priority to illegal traffic over the protection of official traffic.”

The leader indicated that his union hopes that the relevant authorities will “take action on this issue in order to solve the problem affecting all sections of society.”