An agreement was reached between the Government and the forestry truck drivers who were mobilized in the Biobío Region, for which the stoppages have been put to an end.
The Undersecretary of the Interior, Manuel Monsalve, pointed out that “we have specified some points, surely the point that has generated the greatest interest is the Government’s willingness to promote a constitutional reform that allows the creation of a new power for the President of the Republic, for which requires a modification to article 32 of the Constitution and also to article 45.”
Monsalve explained that “it is a state of protection and safeguarding of roads and routes, either because there are serious alterations to security or to guarantee free transit through them”, as an alternative to the State of Exception, ensuring the protection of routes but without altering citizen freedoms.
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The Undersecretary @DrManuelMonsalv refers to the agreement reached with leaders of transport unions and the forestry sector “We appreciate that there has been a given dialogue that has ended in an agreement” pic.twitter.com/bCB1EWDRcO
— Subsec. Interior (@Sub_Interior) May 7, 2022
As stated Thirdthe president of the Federation of Freight Transport Workers, Heriberto López, assured that “it conforms us because it is what we are going to have until the minute, but we must be clear that no constitutional reform is going to safeguard us as we would like”.
“Emphasize the idea that the colleagues who supported us, that they feel part of this agreement, because it serves us all. The agreement is that the mobilization is lifted, the roads are cleared and I have 100% certainty that it will happen. Today the agreement is signed so that the reform of article 32 of the current constitution begins to be processed, ”added López.
The agreement between the unions and the government is made up of seven points, which contain measures that will provide greater security to carriers: Increased police capacities for preventive controls on the routes. New equipment for security in the Biobío and Araucanía regions for an amount of 5,500 million pesos. Increased security on concession routes: Route 5 South and Route 160. Complementary public insurance. Legislative measures. Security strengthening measures.
In addition, it has a reparation plan for workers affected by acts of rural violence: Guarantee of immediate Psychological, Social and Legal attention. Immediate Social Support for workers who are victims of rural violence. In the event of the worker’s death, the Undersecretary of the Interior commits to the delivery of a grace pension for life, equivalent to two minimum monthly non-remuneration incomes for the widow. In the case of workers who suffer injuries associated with rural violence, which produce partial or total disability.
