The communications manager of the Lo Valledor Wholesale Market (MMLV), Marcelo Araya, stated this Friday that with the access control measure that they seek to implement as of April 1 (as a white march) “we are not discriminating against anyone,” after be informed that only Chilean ID cards will be accepted for entry, said emol.
In addition, he reported that any document that the State recognizes as valid will be used for entry.
“This Monday we started the white march, which means that we are going to be attentive to any concerns, queries and other issues. We are not blind to the issue that we could make a mistake or that we could resolve some issues better, but what is clear is that the person who gets here, we want to know who it is, and for that they have to have a document fully authorized by the Chilean State,” he told CHV Noticias.
Then, he explained that “in point six it says: ‘every person to enter the market must present the national identity card validly issued for Chilean citizens and foreigners, or another document that the Chilean State recognizes as valid for free transit within the limit. of national territory’”.
Previously, the Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá, stated that “it is important in this that we remain attached to the law and not engage in conduct that may be discriminatory.”
Without discrimination
“We are not discriminating against anyone, we are saying that those who do not have a document cannot travel through the country either, because all adults are obliged to have a resource of that nature and the people who say that only the police can take the document No, we are not even going to take it, it is presented to the system that we have arranged there at gate 2, 11, 14 and Alfa 1, and which will be used exclusively for pedestrians. You show up, put your document, the QR is activated, the green light turns on and you enter,” said Araya.
He highlighted that the MMLV “is the most important center for fruit and vegetable and grocery sales in the country” and “the third in Latin America among private supply centers.”
“What we do here is absolutely serious, we work with teams of professionals (…) We have a team of lawyers who have advised us on the issue and how the procedure should be. Well, we have a high-tech resource there that will be available starting April 1, and we are going to do a white march until May 6, we will address all concerns, but we want security for our people, for the clients who They enter, whether they are sellers such as the small and medium-sized farmers who come here, as buyers. “That is our responsibility.”
Tohá instructed the undersecretaries of his portfolio, Manuel Monsalve and Eduardo Vergara, to summon Araya and the leader of La Vega, Arturo Guerrero – from where the aforementioned access control measure is also planned to be implemented -, in order to “demonstrate the concern of the Government” and also help. The appointment will take place at 4:00 p.m. next Monday in La Moneda.
