I wish I had done it with the port

I wish I had done it with the port

February 4, 2024 – 2:55 p.m.

The pre-candidate took aim at the president and compared the sale of Minerva with the extension of the port concession contract to Katoen Natie.

Photo: Municipality of Canelones

The presidential candidate, Yamandu Orsi, invited the president, Luis Lacalle Pouto review reports on the sale of Minerva and could not help but remind him that “I wish I had done that with the port,” referring to the extension of the concession contract with the company Katoen Natie.

“The government has the opportunity to consult the contributions of all sectors linked to the agro. I wish he had done it with the port, but he didn’t,” Orsi said this Friday at a press conference. The president had said that he was waiting for the technical report of the Commission for the Promotion and Defense of Competition about the purchase of Minerva to the refrigerators Marfrig.

The departmental head alluded to the extension of the contract for the concession of the port to the company Katoen Natie and pointed out that the purchase of Minerva represents a risk and that it is the president’s duty to decide politically based on technical reports.

“A country is sovereign and a government has to manage the interests of the country. If there is a commission that prepares reports where I don’t think it says black or white, but rather it puts nuances. It is obvious that this presents risk, I think the president and the government They have all the powers to act accordingly,” he stressed.

What did the president say about Minerva-Marfrig?

If the operation is approved, 45% of the local work will remain in the hands of a foreign company, which worries Uruguayan ranchers not only because of the productive disadvantage but also because of the issue of price creation.

Last Thursday, the president Luis Lacalle Pou He broke the silence to make his position clear, when the petition from ranchers against the purchase added more and more signatures.

“I understand the point of view of those who sign the letter. There is a business on which Competition Defense must be issued. We’ll see what he says. “It is a totally independent body that does not receive directives,” he clarified. Luis Lacalle Pou when consulted by the press during the Soriano poultry fair.

“If it says black, it clearly is black. I’m not going to say this is white. If your opinion is a gray area, there will be some discretion from the government,” he stressed. “I have my opinion about the concentration (of the slaughter market), but it is not appropriate to give it when there is a State agency making an evaluation,” concluded the President of the Republic.

Source: Ambito

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