Economics authorities in Melo will meet with the mall
To continue working on the line of border trade support measures, the department, more specifically to the city of Melo, authorities of the government economic team, will arrive in the next few hours.
In that sense, the president of the mall and industrial was in Parliament to raise the situation in this area of the country.
“We were invited to go to the Chamber of Deputies. The two legislators of Cerro Largo- Saraw and Echenique- also joined. We exposed the needs because the corresponding regulations can be voted in a few days.” said Andrés Martínez.
“Well, what is about to vote does not meet all our expectations, we prefer that it be approved to start with something. It is a first step, it represents an important change. On the part of the economic team of the Government we have seen a good reception. Hierarchs of the Ministry of Economy visited us at the time, we traveled to the border and then we went to Artigas where the minister who met with the shopping centers of the border departments was explaining what things could be implemented and what things don’t ” The president of the mall recalled.
“We need measures that help us to be competitive” The president of the mall raised. “We understand that within the main items is the fuel, suddenly the exemption of employer contributions or make them more distant over time as is done in the rural part.”
Martínez said to The daily professional that each company is a generator of labor sources and that behind each employer there are workers. “Here the work of people is being defended” synthesized.
He argued that, in order to take advantage of these benefits, companies must be registered. “We believe that it is a way that many people will formalize their business. All of that is included in that bill that is when voting” assured.
The solution is complicated
“We are convinced that some things will come to Melo. We have already spoken directly. In the last hours we meet with merchants from different items that were randomly chosen with the idea of generating an area where the needs of each could be raised. It is important to know the opinion of others because we do not have the magical wand to decide that the solution is such or which Martínez pointed out.
“On this issue the solution is not easy, it is very complicated” admitted. “The issue is to see what we can do to see yes in the immediate future we have a recovery of local trade” He added.
Concern for closing shops
“We are worried, they have already closed several businesses” He warned. “We know well what are the shops that are closing and which ones will also close, which worries us a lot. We are talking about 6 or 7 shops that were quite important and are no longer for different reasons, beyond everything that goes through a topic of competitiveness.”
Andrés Martínez confirmed that he requested the IMESI reduction in the gasoline for Melo. In that sense, it is understood that a stepped discount would be the most reasonable. “It cannot be far from what we already have because we do not already have differences with the border. We have to be half even. We all know how this works. Within the measures that could be taken to dismiss the trips it would be the fuel.” reiterated.
Meeting with government authorities
“Part of the government comes these days” advertisement. “We are going to meet Thursday or Friday with representative of the economic team to give some answers to some questions that asked us” reported.
“We already have the entire scheme with all the merchants who responded to our call on Monday. Hopefully we will have some favorable news shortly” He ended by saying the president of the Commercial and Industrial Center of Cerro Largo.
