In the antechamber of his meeting at La Moneda regarding the truckers' mobilization, on Wednesday morning, the leader of the Centro-Sur Truckers Confederation, Freddy Martínez, spoke of his expectations ahead of the meeting with the minister of both Interior and the General Secretariat of Government, Claudio Alvarado.
"There is a great deal of anguish today among all the small and medium-sized truckers we represent, who make up the majority of the country. People are out on the roads not by choice; people are out because they are in a very difficult economic situation. Behind a truck there is a family, behind a truck there are children studying. We have to put food on the table, as we Chileans say, and that has become very complicated since March," he stressed.
The union leader insisted on his demand to freeze fuel prices ahead of the harvest season.
"We need to have some certainty about our main input, which is the main demand here. There are other things surrounding our economic situation, but that is the main thing to start talking about and making progress," he said.
Along those lines, he expressed his confidence that the dialogue with the Executive Branch will reach a good outcome.
"We have the highest expectations that the government has understood, through this mobilization, which unfortunately came very late, yes, it's true, but it's never too late to start over and be able to take from this meeting the prim…
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National "We have the highest expectations that the government has understood," stated the leader of the transport workers from the south-central zone. Comments Ahead of his meeting at La Moneda regarding the transport workers' mobilization, Wednesday morning, the leader of the South-Central Truck Drivers Confederation, Freddy Martínez, shared his expectations ahead of the appointment with the Minister of the Interior and the General Secretariat of Government, Claudio Alvarado. "There is a lot of anguish today among all the small and medium truck drivers we represent, who are the majority of the country. People are out not by choice; people are out because they have a very complex economic situation. Behind a truck is a family, behind a truck are children studying. We have to stop the pot, as we say in Chile, and that has become very complicated since March," he stressed. The leader insisted on his demand to freeze fuel prices ahead of the harvest season. "We need to have some certainty regarding the main input we have, which is the main demand of this. There are other things surrounding the environment of our economic situation, but that is the main thing to start conversations and make progress," he pointed out. In that vein, he expressed his confidence that the dialogue with the Executive branch will reach a positive outcome. "We have the highest expectations that the government has understood through this mobilization, which unfortunately arrived very late, yes, it is true, but it is never too late to start over and be able to take the first step from this meeting so that people can see some kind of light at the end of the tunnel," the leader commented.