Salvador Catrain, legal representative of several chinese storesreported that those merchants They hope that this Monday an agreement will emerge with the government authorities and the situation of the eleven places closed since last August by the Ministry of Housing, Habitat and Buildings (Mived) for alleged structural failures.
Catrain said they will have a meeting with authorities competent authorities – whom he did not identify “for reasons of prudence” – in which, as he understands, a dialogue process will begin that seeks to put an end to the closure of these establishments. He indicated that these businesses employ more than three thousand people.
He lawyer He called a press conference, which he later announced was suspended due to the meeting with the authorities.
However, in a document that he distributed to journalists insisted that Suplaxas well as the others chinese stores closed, they are legally constituted, they have valid municipal and environmental permits.
“They have operated for over a year, generating jobs direct and indirect and contributing significantly to the economic development and commercial communities where they are established,” reads the press document.
The statement adds that the Mived acted without “exhausting due administrative process” and without having the legal competence to order the closure or paralysis of establishments already built and in operation, in accordance with current regulations.
“We represent interests and, based on those interests that we represent, we will understand that the dialoguethe conversation, the consensual agreements are the best way to reach a solution to this type of conflict,” said Catrain when announcing that this Monday they will hold the meeting with officials to find a way out of preventing the centers from opening their doors.
They are regularized
In the press document, Catrain reiterated that companies are in a active process of formalizationin compliance with all established requirements by law.
He stated that, for this, they have already hired structuralist technicians certified by the Mivedwho work alongside engineers and legal advisors in the technical adaptation of the premises, “guaranteeing full regularity of operations”.
It is recalled that the lawyer acknowledged last week that Suplax and the store Decoplax They do not have construction licenses, but they do have the change permissions of land use approved by the city council and the Ministry of the Environment.
In that sense, in this Sunday’s press document he insisted that the Mived acted without exhausting due administrative process and without having the legal competencebecause in these cases it is “the corresponding city council, which must proceed through the Magistrate’s courtgranting the parties a reasonable period of time to regularize their situation or, failing that, dictate proportional measures supported by technical reports that determine a real risk or an impact on the public interest.”
They appeal to the TSA
Suplax and other closed stores, such as Sweet Homehave appealed to the Superior Administrative Court (TSA) the resolution of the Mived that orders its closure due to structural failures.
Suplax filed a contentious appeal accompanied by a request for a precautionary measure, with the purpose of suspending the effects of the decisions issued by the public entity, until the court knows the merits of the case. The hearing is set for next Thursday, October 16, 2025.
In the case of Sweet Homewhich initiated a protectionthe Second Chamber of the Superior Administrative Court suggested the administrative litigation before him TSA.
