translated from Spanish: Minister of the Interior after dating truckers: “We don’t believe in ultimatums”

The Minister of the Interior, Victor Pérez, referred to the meetings he held with truckers’ guilds in La Moneda this Monday and reacted to the warning of José Villagrán, president of the Southern Truck Federation, who declared himself on alert and did not rule out a possible national shutdown. According to the secretary of state, he held talks where “frankly” the security situation in the south of the country was discussed and that it has affected truckers in the area of La Araucanía.He also said that the government’s decision on this issue is to “use all mechanisms” granted by law to provide security and be able to carry out peace activities in that area.” We do not think that the way is the ultimatum, the problems are not easy to solve,” explained Pérez, who said that “work” and “participation” is required. In this sense, he stressed that “the political will of the government is to give that citizen tranquility and, therefore, we urge each and every trucker to continue to deliver a service that is fundamental in times of pandemic,” Pérez said, he reaffirmed that “we do not believe in ultimatums, we do not believe in threats, therefore we continue to ensure that the Government will make every effort to restore order and that people can carry out their jobs and that people can carry out their jobs in a normal way”

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