The Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining, Fernanda Cardona, said that “The mobilization of self-convened transporters to demand the increase in fuel and the load guide draws attention” that the government seeks to implement, given that They did not act in the same way in 2022, under the government of Luis Lacalle Pou.
“It catches my attention a little —I have to say it too and be honest—that When you see the graphs we do not reach the levels of diesel increase of 2022 with the Ukraine Russia war. We’re not there yet. And yet, there had not been this type of approach at that time,” the minister said in a press conference.
Then he insisted on the issue and although he said that it was not his responsibility to draw conclusions about the political motivation of those mobilized, he stated: “The only thing I can say is that it strikes me that there were no mobilizations at that time.“.
Cardona argued that the war in the Middle East that has pushed up fuel prices “is not the same” as the one that broke out in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine. The one now, said the minister, is “much bigger” because of the impact it generated. “We arrived at 1970s oil costs. “That did not happen with Russia Ukraine, because the reality and consequence of the war was more bilateral.”
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This Monday both self-convened transporters, truckers and producers They decided to mobilize and go on strikein addition to demonstrate on several national routes, including cuts.
Transporters and truckers, in addition, reject the cargo guide that the Yamandú Orsi government plans to promotejust as their predecessors had done.
Although it was planned for the second semester, the government decided advance the Land Transportation Cargo Information System by the end of June (SICTT), which in the first instance provides for the preparation of a loading guide.
The guide is a requirement for all road freight transport carried out by vehicles of more than 3,500 kilograms of maximum authorized gross weight. In turn, it must include the data of the participants in the trip, description of the merchandise, weight, and the routes that the truck will travel.
Another aspect that worries the owners is that the non-issuance of the form—that is, the truck circulates without complying with that requirement— provides for a fine of 50 Adjustable Units, equivalent to $95,867.
The Minister of Transportation and Public Works, Lucía Etcheverry, meanwhile, assured that her portfolio is ““monitoring” the situation and clarified that there are “no sanctions planned” because the project “is in design.”
“It has to be effectively an instrument that eliminates paper, reduces bureaucracy and is much more efficient,” he said at a press conference.
Etcheverry added that the system that is sought to be implemented “it has no costs” because it is “a cell phone application.”
This Tuesday there will be a meeting with the Professional Land Freight Transport Association of Uruguay to discuss this issue.
