During this day, the president of the National Freight Transport Confederation of Chile (CTNC), Sergio Perezannounced that it will file a lawsuit for libel and slander against Juan Arayapresident of the National Confederation of Truck Owners (CNDC).
It should be remembered that Araya pointed out a month ago that the 2020 truckers’ strike was requested by the Government of Sebastián Piñera so that the legislation of the Juan Barros law was achieved. Although hours later he retracted what he said.
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“The strike of 2020, we were not there, that strike so that you know, in the words of their president, the government requested it so that there would be the Juan Barrios law, the law on weapons, all the laws that have not yet come out” Araya indicated.
Given these statements, the boss of the CNTC, announced that he will file a lawsuit for the crimes of slander and serious insults with publicity.
In this context, two sentences are requested, which could contemplate a minor imprisonment in its minimum degree (three years), plus a fine between 11 and 20 UTM.