The president of the Republic, Gabriel Boricreferred to the decision of the National Oil Company (Enap) to paralyze 100% of its logistics and distribution operations due to the mobilization of contractor workers.
It should be noted that during this day, a group of officials hired by Enap took over the entrances to the San Vicente Maritime Terminal, in the Biobío region, causing the company to close its operations, reporting that there is a possibility of fuel shortages in within five days for the south of the country.
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Faced with this, the President, in the middle of his tour of the Magallanes region, declared that “we are working first on the road, which is the spirit of our government, which is precisely dialogue. We hope not to have to reach those instances, but, by the way, the State, as a State, has the duty to guarantee the supply of, in this case, fuel, to all areas of the country”, this thinking of applying the State Security Law.
“I hope that through dialogue we reach an agreement, otherwise the government, of course, has to proceed accordingly,” he added.
The state company reported -according to Third- that they are analyzing “the operational and financial impacts of the events described and the potential mitigation measures to be adopted in the short term. As of this date, it is not possible to predict the duration of the circumstances described.”
The mobilizations in Enap are added to those of the forest workers who caused cuts on Route 5 South and who, despite reaching an agreement with the Government, have not yet completely unblocked the roads.