Óscar Orué, Minister of the Sub-Secretary of State for Taxation (SET), affirmed that it is not true that the official Derlis Carmona mistreated the permit holders, which is why the inspector was forced to leave with his team during some inspections he was carrying out. to vendors from the areas surrounding Market 4.
“It can be corroborated in the videos, at no time did he raise his voice. He is a very correct official, that is why we named him as controller, he is the team leader, a very calm person, they are trained to cope with this type of situation and the instruction is to be calm and respect people, whoever they are ” , he stated.
He questioned that Villalba took advantage of his position to use municipal officials to corner the inspectors.
“I don’t know what his motivation is for doing that. He acted arrogantly, disrespected an institution and showed great ignorance of the law, “she criticized.
REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE
He affirmed that Villalba should be removed from office since a person who acts in this way and with that attitude cannot hold a relevant position.
“It is not the first time that this person acts arrogantly, it is not an isolated event and I think that the municipal authorities should analyze the repetitive behavior of this person in office,” he commented.
CAPASU
Alberto Sborovsky, president of the Paraguayan Chamber of Supermarkets (Capasu), affirmed that several unions spoke out about it, since it seems inappropriate to them as they were received by the SET inspectors, who only control those who pay taxes.
“How many large companies are affected by informal trade, but it turns out that there is a space where it cannot be controlled. The message is for those people that from the unions we are not going to allow more of these practices. Now the unions are going to have us as comptrollers of those issues. He leaves and intimidates the inspectors, when he should be the person who gives them guarantees, ”he criticized.
He affirmed that the director kicked out SET officials, when he should have been the main interested party in seeking formality in Market 4.
“We ask the SET to control everyone. And when there is a boycott they are going to find us to tell them that now they are going to find unions committed to formality”, she highlighted.
After the incident with Villalba, the SET officials had to withdraw without having completed their work to protect their physical integrity.
