The Minister of the Interior, Dimitri Senmache, reported that this Monday, June 27, as well as the days that the protest measures followed by the agricultural sector and transporters continue, more than 100,000 agents of the National Police of Peru (PNP) will be deployed. ) throughout the country in order to guarantee order and security.
During the inauguration of the X international edition of the athletic festival “I Live Without Drugs, You Decide”, the Minister also reminded the unions that blocking roads is prohibited.
“The transportation issue wants to request certain things from the Executive and they are free to do so. What no one can do is block a road, no one has the right to violate a rule. All Police. The 130,000 police officers are going to be mobilized nationwide”he told RPP Noticias.
Agricultural strike
For Monday and Tuesday, June 27 and 28, unions in the agricultural sector will abide by a national strike. The measure was taken after a meeting of representatives of different organizations held last Friday at the headquarters of the National Agrarian Confederation, in downtown Lima, according to RPP.
César Guarniz, national coordinator of agrarian unions, explained that they are taking the measure of force because they do not take into account the demands and as a measure of protest against the Congress of the Republic for holding an Agrarian Plenary without prior consultation of the organizations’ agenda. guilds.
Carrier strike
For this Monday, June 27, unions of heavy cargo carriers have called for an indefinite national strike. This was announced by the president of the National Union of Heavy Cargo Carriers (UNT), Javier Marchese, with a worrying phrase: “No food will enter Lima on Monday.”
According to the leader Javier Marchese, the truckers’ strike will take place at the national level and will be observed mainly by those who transport heavy loads. Bruno Aberasturi, head of the National Association of Land Freight Transport (Anatec), also pointed out that his union will participate in this strike.
It is estimated that there will be 400,000 trucks that would paralyze their operations in different regions of the country.
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