Minister Uriarte denies shortages and criticizes Carabineros for not “assessing the order imposed on them”

The minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency (Segpres), Ana Lya Uriarte, spoke this Sunday on TVN about the truckers’ strike that has been maintained for seven days.
In the National State program, the authority affirmed that “there is no supply crisis in the country.” In addition, he pointed to the role of the Carabineros and assured that there are uniformed officers who “have not assessed the order imposed on them,” according to 24horas.cl.
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“We would have expected this to have been finished after the effort of Minister (Mario) Marcel all day Monday, which would have been effectively finished on Monday night. On Monday night there was an agreement of the main confederations of truckers and the next day, unfortunately, part of one of the confederations is taken down and also small groups of truckers who do not belong to these large groups are added. Consequently, all this that we have experienced ‘too much’ is the product of intransigence,” said the minister.
It is worth mentioning that the truckers’ strike continues and the last meeting with the Government lasted until midnight and resulted in no agreement. Now, La Moneda is expected to pronounce on the mobilization during this afternoon.
Intransigence
As explained by the head of the Segpres, the situation is due to the intransigence “on the part of these groups of truckers who have claims that are certainly excessive.”
“The main confederations on Monday night accepted the agreement, because they understood that the country was making an effort to maintain the security of supply and supply of the entire population. But already these groups have really gone far beyond the line of what is acceptable and understandable,” he said.
In this context, he pointed out that there are “two issues that should be pointed out: one, this Government is a very dialoguing Government and, consequently, it is always talking, receiving concerns, analyzing proposals, etc.; but secondly, it is not possible, there are issues that are beyond the possibility of imputing a government or a group of authorities, because we are talking about groups of off-hooks and others who spontaneously adhere and adhere after the proposal, that is, they give birth to a petition after an offer accepted by the great confederations “.
“What happens here is that if there is something impossible to measure in its exact measure, it is ambition. The ambition of these off-the-hook groups and other spontaneous ones, because they were negotiating with the big confederations. If it had not been so, believe me that all the berms throughout the country would be occupied, this is not so, we are talking about groups of truckers with excessive ambition, who have made requests that are really far from how reasonable and understandable it is possible to access, “said Uriarte.
The Minister Secretary General of the Presidency added that “we as a country were used to having organizations that represented their interest group. This has been disfigured, already in the case of the truckers it is a very clear example, because with the great confederations -I insist- they talked, Juan Araya, Mr. Sergio Pérez, were sitting at the table and Mr. Araya says the next day ‘unfortunately they hang me’, that is, there are leadership problems in this. ”
In this same line, he explained that the situation “when it already affects the country, when it affects the population, when we have a threat to the supply to the population of essential goods, the truth is that we have to enter to solve a problem that clearly has another origin, but we are authority, we are Government, we solve it and this is what we are in.”
Police
On the Government’s decision to apply the State Security Law and the actions of the Carabineros, the head of the Segpres indicated that “I would like to be very clear on this, because the Government gave written instructions regarding what corresponded to the Carabineros to do. For the most part, the Carabineros have done their homework and in others processes have had to be generated within the Carabineros to determine responsibilities for the government’s failure to fully comply with those instructions.”
After being asked if there were Carabineros officials who were not complying with the orders imposed, the minister replied that “I would not dare to make such a drastic judgment, but I would dare to say that there are carabineros who they have not assessed in its real sense the order that was imposed on them, that was delivered to them and the general director of the Carabineros has reported this.”

“So regarding that I think there is nothing more to say, what must be said is that in this minute that we are talking, it is at this minute in the Ministry of the Interior working to effectively ensure that those who still do not give up their attitude, do so, because the complaints are already filed by Internal Security of the State, What was agreed has already been done, it is on the table and it is operating.”
“Minister Marcel said it on Monday, so I think we must make a call and we take advantage of this instance and all the necessary ones, to those who remain off the hook, to take a look at what happens with their action and the population. If this did not have consequences, it would actually be totally peaceful, but we are talking about a pressure group that after an excessive ambition, is putting at risk the provision of the population, generates multiple discomforts for drivers and many consequences that of course we do not want, “he said.
“There is no supply crisis”
Along with the above, Minister Ana Lya Uriarte confirmed that “we would like to be very clear, there is no supply crisis in the country, what exists is difficulties of replacement in some points and with respect to some goods.”
“Consequently, it is not to make a call to the population ‘they have to open up as best they can’, that is very far from what we are talking about. We are talking about a group of truckers who with excessive ambition, are generating problems in the supply of the population, but not to the limit that we have a supply crisis in the population, that does not exist. ”
Differences with the Southern Macrozone
Finally, on the measures they have taken after the truckers’ strike and the differences that exist with the initiatives applied in the Southern Macrozone, he said that in “the Southern Macrozone the laws that have given real results have been applied.”
“Each situation has a legal strategy that points from the Government to efficiency, to the best result, in the Southern Macrozone you have to see everything that has happened during the year, a series of groups have been dismantled and it has been done with the new Law of Theft of Wood, for example, the lawsuits for fire, etc., which have yielded results, since we have a very impressive number of groups dismantled and I think they have not had enough echo regarding what the successes that have been had in investigative and repressive matters mean, and we are talking about a complete system. This is a gear that starts from the Prosecutor’s Office, continues with the judges of Guarantee, with the Courts, with the PDI, investigating with Carabineros, “he said.
“We have acted with a criterion of efficiency and that has been done both with the truckers and with the Southern Macrozone and with drug trafficking and illicit association in general,” were part of his statements.

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