leaders of the workers Pomalca agro-industrial sugar company alerted that the government would prepare the state intervention of companies in the region of Lambayeque.
The action is reportedly being organized with the participation of unions of ex-employees, laid-off servers and people from outside the company, said the general secretary of the Comprehensive Union of Workers of the Pomalca Agroindustrial Company, Jorge Rios.
The leader of pomalca stated that the cooperative, unlike others such as Tuman and Pucalais stable, so government intervention is not justified, so others would be the interests of those who seek to bring it under their control.
“We are a company that has completed 18 consecutive years operating 100%, and today we have 6,700 hectares of cane planted. That is the reason why interested groups have mobilized politically, they have used their ties to want to generate an emergency decree and thus intervene in our company and become administrators and managers to manage it, ”said Jorge Ríos.
On June 10 of this year, the Executive established a working group to analyze the situation of the northern sugar companies, since most of them maintain exorbitant debts and are almost inoperative.
What the state is looking for
The table is headed by Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) and is made up of 5 other ministries, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Indecopi and representatives of 2 unions, the National Front for the Defense of the Lambayeque Sugar Industry and the Regional Coordinator of Workers and Former Workers of the Sugar Companies.
the leader Jorge Rios stated that the Government has only considered unions that bring together laid off and laid off workers, but not active labor unions like the one he represents. Therefore, he considers that there is a subordinate interest behind the work table.
“Those gentlemen created a work group protected by their political ties, that’s why they didn’t call us. When we least expected it, that was already on the way. We had to appear before the Mincetur so that they include us. They did, but they didn’t allow us to have a vote, only a voice. The other gentlemen had the capacity to vote. That’s unfair,” he revealed. Jorge Rios.
The sugar leader also criticized the fact that the Mincetur leads the working group, when in reality it corresponds to the Department of agriculture.
Ríos stressed that in pomalca the situation is stable and that an intervention measure would be devastating for the workers and their families.
“We are producing, which is not the case with Tumán and Pucalá. Today the people of Pomalca earn constant salaries, receive their bonuses, as well as schooling. But in Tumán and Pucalá the same does not happen. However, they have put us all in the same bag, ”he said.
In the last hours, according to the sugar leader Jorge Riosthey received the information that the Government would already have prepared the decree of urgency for the intervention, For this reason, they traveled to Lima again to insist on withdrawing pomalca from that list, since their conditions are not the same as the other sugar factories.
Pomalca is on the list
For his part, he Mincetur, through a letter sent to this medium, confirmed that the situation of sugar companies is being comprehensively evaluated, which have not only economic problems, but also access to fundamental rights. They did not deny the intervention.
“Currently, a report is being prepared with a technical opinion from all sectors, where the problem is analyzed at a productive and financial level; but also social, labor and even legal. When we talk about intervening, it must be understood that there is a will of the Government to strengthen its presence in a territory and populations that have been forgotten in terms of health, education, security, housing, as well as production and quality jobs,” they said.
They also explained that the inclusion of pomalca to the extent it is due to the fact that it currently has a debt of 403 million soles with Sunat. Therefore, they indicated that it is not so true that everything is fine in said sugar factory.
“According to Sunat, these sugar companies (from Lambayeque) have a debt of more than 2,071 million soles, of which 403 million correspond to Pomalca. If everything is fine, why don’t they fulfill their obligations? This is a reality of public knowledge and that the administrations themselves recognize ”, it was indicated in Mincetur.
Finally, they remarked that there is no link or subordinate interest with any leader involved in the work group.
