Labor Minister asks Sunafil chief to resign after sexual harassment complaint

Last night the testimony of a worker who denounced the head of the National Superintendency of Labor Inspection for sexual harassment was revealed on television (sunafil), Victor Loyola Desposorio. After the explosive report was issued, the Minister of Labor asked Loyola, via Twitter, to leave office.

The complainant, identified as Maritza, said that the harassment began in September 2022 at the headquarters of the Ministry of Labor.

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“He tells me that he wanted to be with me, because he liked me. That he wanted me to be his girlfriend, but I stress to him that he is a married person and he tells me: ‘No, I’m not married, but no one has to find out, because I’m not going to subtract you from your life, I’m the superintendent from Sunafil, I’m going to add you”recounted the complainant.

Maritza recounted various moments of harassment and threats. When she decided to formally denounce Loyola, she was subjected to qualifications, invitations to blame and was removed from her position in January. With accounts payable, in February she returns to the office of Vice Minister Jaime Ríos to request her return.

At that meeting he signed a document -addressed to the new minister Alfonso Adrianzén- where he dismissed the complaint against Loyola. He got his job back, but only for ten days because Vice Minister Jaime Ríos was removed from office. He was not paid for the days worked and he found out on television that his case against the superintendent came to nothing.

Following the report by ‘Cuarto Poder’ on the complaint against Víctor Loyola Desposorio, head of the National Superintendence of Labor Inspection (Sunafil), for sexually harassing a former worker of the Ministry of Labor and Promotion of Employment (MTPE) inside his center labors. The Minister of Labor, Alfonso Adrianzén, requested the immediate resignation of Loyola Desposorio. (Source: America TV)

“I understand that the people who denounced have retracted,” Minister Adrianzén said in a conference.

Maritza comments that she signed said document out of financial need as she was the breadwinner for her family.

After the report was broadcast, the Minister of Labor and Employment Promotion, Alfonso Adrianzén, requested the irrevocable resignation of Víctor Loyola Desposorio.

Tweet from the Minister of Labor. (Photo: Twitter)

“Given the facts and statements released tonight in the Cuarto Poder report, and in respect for the institutional framework and, above all, the people affected, I have made the decision to request the irrevocable resignation of the Sunafil superintendent,” The minister wrote yesterday on his official Twitter account.