They add and follow the episodes of the protests of fishermen from the former Caleta Sudamericana where they denounce “breach of contract” after being transferred from Valparaíso to the El Manzano de Quintero cove in 2013, as a result of the works in Terminal 2 of the Valparaíso Port Company (EPV).
The last day turned violent when the workers denounced through images spread on social networks the violent repression by the Navy, who fired pellets, which was confirmed by the institution itself.
Who has been questioned by the dialogue failure is the presidential delegate of Valparaíso Jorge Martinez, who is even asked to resign.
This is how he explained it to Puranoticia.cl the lawyer representing the fishermen, Felipe Olea: “Yesterday both presidents of the fishing unions delivered to Governor Rodrigo Mundaca a letter signed by themselves requesting him to call the Government to remove the current presidential delegate from office, since it has become a real obstacle and is being more part of the problem than of the solution ”.
“Unfortunately, delegate Martínez not only disappeared after the negotiation for 45 days, but added to his silence he has dedicated himself to obstructing and also criminalize protest “, accused the lawyer.
Likewise, Olea mentioned the responsibility of the delegate at the level of repression carried out against the fishermen. “Yesterday’s action by the Navy could not but be a government order since it is not a deliberative body and consequently, the order to act and to repress in this way should have been issued in this case by the presidential delegate Jorge Martínez ”, he asserted.
Following that same line, the lawyer recognized that “the acts of violence that occurred by the fishermen, this is the set tires on fire, it was but one response to the acts of violence that the Navy was perpetrating in this case, which irrationally began to shoot rubber pellets, ammunition discharged by weapons that what it seeks is to inflict damage and injure. In no case is it a protocol that allows a revolt to be resolved “the defender lashed out.
The legal representative regretted that the delegate’s tonic was repeated today: “he ordered that a fence be put on the dock to prohibit the free transit of fishermen to the boats. This reveals that the government, far from understanding the seriousness of this problem, what it is seeking is simply to repress ”.
Along with the above, Olea accused Martínez of “Confuse public opinion” with the amount of compensation requested by seafarers.
“Since they have no where to fish, what corresponds is that they compensate them again, but the figures are not those indicated by Mr. Martínez. The actual figures, those presented to the Undersecretary of Fisheries, are barely $ 450 thousand per month per fisherman for the next 48 months, ”he said.
“That calculation gives around $ 5 billion pesos, after that a bonus for the end of the conflict was requested, which is $ 1 million. Since they have been unable to work for more than two months, the least we are asking is that the State repair the income for this time”, He clarified.
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