Respect the law against blockades, urges Conep

The Businessmen ask the Government to “respect the law” and free up the country’s main roads.

For the president of the National Council of Private Enterprise (Conep), Rubén Castillo Gill, if this dynamic continues, “in which almost anarchy ruling the countrywe as a society will become an unsustainable model,” he said.

Businessmen are in favor The Supreme Court of Justice will decide on the constitutionality of the contract between the state and Minera Panamabut they declared that they could not be more patient, when the future of the nation was essentially affected.

“We can allow this, we can accept this type of conditioning, where there is a sector that claims to represent the whole society, and none of us or you are consulted at all, but issues are imposed through violent actions, because Closing the streets is a violent act“, believes the president of Conepa.

According to the trade union, Cumulative losses from road closures exceed $1.7 billion and they estimate that 10% of micro and small businesses will close due to the impossibility of maintaining operational business.

In the primary sector, economic losses are estimated at 150 million dollars with more than 1,500 trucks stuck in Chiriquí, implying a significant amount of supplies stopped being transported to consumer centers.

This was explained by Raúl Montenegro, president of the Industrial Union (SIP). many exports to Central America have been cancelled and future contracts, their customers were looking for alternatives, the effect of which will be felt later.’

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among the provinces, Veraguas and Chiriquí are the ones with the most indefinite closures by the indigenous population, teachers and other sectors.

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November is the date when various groups plan to implement street closures across the country.

On the other hand, it found that companies multinational companies that planned to develop multi-million dollar projects in eastern Chiricantoday they are weighing whether to maintain that investment or not.

For business owners, those closing down streets right now They are supporters of ideologies that want to destroy the country.

“If there are people who do not understand this or in the end want to insist on the ideological syrup that democracy should be in their image and likeness, to the exclusion of others, it is not a path we can acceptCastillo said.

He assured that, as a private company, they do not intend to impose anything, but Through democratic processes of participation, things can change.

In these conditions, Conep also instructed the Government on what it must correct, because there is unrest among the citizenswithout getting into the topic.

Eye, former president Ricardo Martinellispoke out against producer blockades and called on the Government to resolve this issue.

“Stop hiding under the table”, was the direct message of the former president.

He added that the fight being waged may be very legitimate, but This must not lead us to self-destruction.