The Minister of the Interior, Rodrigo Delgado, did not rule out the use of public force if truckers do not unblock the routes in the north of the country and summoned them to comply with the agreement by reaching Saturday, where it was determined to decree the State of Exception and increase security. on the roads.
A call to comply with the agreement signed on Saturday on increasing road safety and decreeing a State of Exception, made the interior ministerRodrigo Delgado, to the truckers who persist in keeping the routes blocked in the north of the country.
“Just as the Government has to comply, of course those who also sign on the other side they have to comply and in that sense a large part of the leaders complied yesterday”said the authority in MegaNoticiasregarding the partial block of the routes and that has forced the cancellation of flights to and from Iquique.
Delgado confirmed having spoken with one of the leaders who lead one of the cuts in the north of the country and that he has seen videos where it is observed that they are unblocking the roads.
He also highlighted that following several hours of conversation an agreement was reached, among which is related to security and migration.
“Indeed, following an agreement, what was appropriate, what was announced was the unlocking, but I understand that one guild in particular had the peculiarity that it has many sub-leaders (…) I think that everyone was satisfied with the measures, maybe some want to see things now”, pointed out the head of the Interior.
The portfolio manager also reaffirmed that, in any case, today’s blockades are much smaller than those that began two days ago, dropping from 20 to regarding 5 partial roadblocks.
“We believe in the word and we believe that when the word is pledged, it must be fulfilled and we not only began to fulfill it yesterday, that is, the helicopter, the vehicles arrived at the Antofagasta region during the followingnoon night, in the next few hours the police officers will arrive, as we have promised, “added Delgado.
He also stated that the so-called “redirection” of migrants has begun to operate today, so, in this sense, he stressed that “We are complying on time and in the form and deadlines that we have defined, and we demand the same from the other side.”
Regarding the measures that the Government might take if a total unlocking does not occur, Minister Delgado emphasized that “If the blockades continue, of course we can and we have to take other types of measures, we do not want to come to that, but we also understand and empathize as we did yesterday.”
“We will have to take other measures to unblock it with the public force, as appropriate, ” the minister warned.
