In the Terminal, the queues are endless (Photo: Adrián Sosa-EL DIA)
The different chambers that bring together the motor transport entrepreneurs issued a joint statement in support of the company “La Nueva Metropol”, which for the third consecutive day has paralyzed the different lines it manages, including the one that covers the service between La Plata and The city of Buenos Aires.
In the text, they indicate that the crisis that the sector is going through “explains the deterioration in the quality of services” attributable to “the combination of several factors” and that it has already been “reported on several occasions”, for which reason “it is inadmissible that the authorities appeal to threats to remove the concession and pressure of all kinds”.
“There is no employer lockout but rather a persistent suffocation of transport companies since they do not have the authority to set a “price” that covers the imbalances that record inflation in 30 years produces in the costs of this activity,” the statement added. released this morning by the Argentine Association of Automotive Transport Entrepreneurs (AAETA).
Statement from the Chambers of Automotive Passenger Transport of the AMBA https://t.co/QkWhdEXgxn
— Metropol (@Metropol_ar) April 13, 2023
In addition to rejecting the accusations and requesting that “the authorities assume their responsibility,” the statement, which bears the signatures of the Chambers of Transportation of the province of Buenos Aires, Passenger Autotransport Entrepreneur, Urban Transport Entrepreneur of Buenos Aires and Empresarios Unidos del Transporte Urbano de Pasajeros de Buenos Aires, emphasizes that “it is not possible to solve these problems with threats” that are registered in the sector in urging to “honor the fulfillment of the assumed obligations” because “otherwise there is no way of operating”.
For its part, the Buenos Aires Ministry of Transportation warned that “the stage of negotiations is over” and that given the continuity of the measure of force, a start will be made to end the concession.
“We are up to date, we pay for a service. If the company does not comply, we will call for tenders so that other companies comply with it,” Minister Jorge D`Onofrio said this morning. “We have been trying to talk for a while, to approach positions “Now it took another volume, it would be the third day of this lockout. We are up to date, we pay for a service, if the company does not comply, we will call for tenders for other companies to comply,” said the provincial official.
D`Onofrio confirmed that “I am going to continue advancing in the concession expiration process and tender them again. I need a million Buenos Aires residents who get into the cars of this company to have their service.” fuck, either they provide the service or we execute the concession. Today we are going to be intimidating it and this week we are going to draw up the resolutions so that it becomes a reality”.
