The presentation was made by the Apolo Foundation where it clarified: “The duty to monitor prices belongs to the Secretary of Commerce, not to the union mafia”
For iProfessional
01/16/2023 – 1:38 p.m.
The Secretary of Commerce Matias Tombolini He already has his first criminal complaint for the agreement with the truckers union to control the supply. The union led by the Moyano family joined as control force of the Fair Prices program, through inspections of distribution centers and large suppliers. The “collaboration”, through the Trucker Logistics branchis to control the supply of products.
The Apolo Foundation, through its members José Magioncalda, Juan Martín Fazio and José Patiño, filed a criminal complaint against Tombolini on Monday, accusing him of breaching the duties of a public official. The presentation includes the leader of the Logistics Branch of the Truckers Union, Oscar Borda, and other members of the union, understanding that they would be “usurping public functions” under the controls.
“The duty to monitor prices belongs to the Secretary of Commerce, not to the union mafia,” added the text of the complaint.
In this sense, in the presentation it was explained that “the members of the Truckers Union who are carrying out, together with the Secretary of Commerce, the control activities […]could be involved in the crime of usurpation of authority“, crime that configures “prison from one month to one year and special disqualification for double time”, as it appears in its article 246, subsection 1, the Penal Code.
The controversial controls emerged from a video that the union itself posted on its Instagram account. In it you can see Oscar Borda in charge of a control operation in a coto distribution center. The leader explains there that he sent them “comrade Pablo Moyano to give a hand to the Secretary of Commerce Matías Tombolini and all the comrades so that Care Prices reach the homes of all Argentines.”
Although the Program is called Fair Prices, Borda reiterates: “The most important thing is that Careful Prices products reach everyone.
According to the complaint, the Truckers union usurped public functions
Complaint to truckers: Pablo Moyano redoubled the bet
Faced with legal questions, Pablo Moyano redoubled his commitment: “We are going to continue denouncing the lack of merchandise so that there is no remarking of prices. Our union has always been in solidarity with the State. Even if the employers are annoyed that the workers control the economy from the country”.
According to Moyano, the agreement with the Government has been applied for a month. “We met with dairy, water and soda companies and now with food. The truck transports everything. We want to collaborate with the government. It is the responsibility of our organization that the trucks of polenta arrive.”
In this sense, the leader of the Civic Coalition, Elisa Carrió, announced that she will carry out a criminal complaint for him government action to use picketers and truckers in price control as if they were “parapolice groups”.
In his social networks, he targeted the President, the Minister of Economy and the Secretary of Internal Commerce. “Massa, Tombolini and Fernández are breaking the rule of law inciting violence and creating vigilante groups. Today the criminal complaint is made “, he posted this Monday morning.
Sources close to the deputy confirmed that the presentation will be ready late this Monday and that it will target the three officials mentioned in the message posted on Twitter. Still It was not confirmed what the crime of the accusation will be.
