The Construction Materials Merchants Association (ACMC) has asked the government to allow its partners to operate, albeit on limited hours, during the quarantine period to offer service to businesses and the community.
Your president, Marcos Rodríguez, He sent a letter to the secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC) on March 22, in which he asked them to include hardware stores among the businesses that can remain open during the validity of the first Executive Order. But the government has not yet responded to them.
The ACMC is concerned that there are companies and consumers who need hardware items, for example they have a plumbing problem and cannot solve it because the hardware stores are closed. The problem is compounded by Governor Wanda Vázquez extending the quarantine period for another two weeks.
Adagilsa Gaud, executive director of the ACMC, indicated that the hardware stores offer cleaning and essential items, in addition to the sector’s own items, such as wood, tools, plumbing and construction items in general.
“Hardware stores may take orders over the phone for the customer to pick them up at a certain timeGaud said, while mentioning that some can also deliver orders at home or by car and limit the number of clients within the establishment to maintain social distance.
In the letter from the president of the ACMC, Rodríguez points out that in In states like New York or California, the state government has allowed hardware stores to remain in operation during the emergency, as have supermarkets, pharmacies, gas stations, farmers markets, and restaurants.
El Nuevo Día contacted the DDEC to find out the status of the ACMC request and its director of Communications indicated that this determination is made by the Fortress and we must wait for the new Executive Order.
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