For an hour, the president of the Confederation of Production and Commerce (CPC), Juan Sutil, and representatives of the National Chamber of Commerce (CNC) and the Association of Supermarkets, with the Minister of the Interior, Izkia, met at La Moneda. Siches, to analyze the situation of insecurity faced by trade.
“This is a problem that the State, the private sector and all of us are suffering together and we must solve it together,” Sutil said at the end of the meeting.
He indicated that “we have many problems. It cannot continue to happen that people die in their premises, assaults on regional businesses, distribution centers, transport and logistics. We agreed to strengthen the work tables with the Undersecretary for Crime Prevention”, and set up a similar instance with the Ministry of Economy.
He indicated that “We made the government see that in recent years the private sector has grown a lot in terms of security and today we are investing almost 1 point of GDP, that is, almost US$2.5 billion, that the private sector should not invest. It is supposed that it is the State that should protect the citizens and not us to protect ourselves”.
“deep mistake”
Subtle was consulted by the increase in land seizures in the south of the countrypointing out that “it is one of the most serious problems that Chile has and We also see that extortion occurs in commerce and that has also been happening in La Araucanía for Mapuche and non-Mapuche farmers, large or small”.
He said that “sometimes these gangs, just as they pressure and charge businesses, it also happens in La Araucanía with crops and communities. It is physical and also mental terrorism, and that is very serious.”
Regarding the results of a study by the Judicial Observatory, which detected only one case with a conviction for usurpation of land in recent years, he said that “I have been saying it for years, because out of every 100 cases, 10 are investigated and one is sanctioned. This is a country problem. Chile is a very guaranteeing country and we must solve this”.
Regarding the statements of Minister Giorgio Jackson, who pointed out in an interview on the Twitch platform that taking land is a “win-win” for the forestry companies that would seek to sell it, he stated that “I think the minister has been wrong in recent days several times and there he also makes a profound mistake.
Jackson argued this week that “a lot of times people are going to want to sell. In fact, there are many foresters who are selling because it is of no use to them to have the properties taken over, and they have them in conflict” and that “the only thing they want is to sell them and go to another place where there is no conflict. And it suits them too. You can create a win-win situation.”