The President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres (i), and the Minister of Public Works, Transport and Housing, Sebastián Franquis, met this Monday with the board of directors of the Federation of Transport Companies on the first day of the indefinite strike that businessmen in the sector have called to demand that the use of tachographs be adapted to the reality of the archipelago. EFE / Elvira Urquijo A.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (EFE)
This was stated in statements to the media by the president of the Association of Transport Entrepreneurs (Asentra), Roberto Jerez, at the end of the meeting he had with the president of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, and the Minister of Public Works and Transport of the Government of the Canary Islands, Sebastián Franquis.
Although he has said he is aware that his demands, which include an “adaptation to the Canarian reality” of the tachograph, the device that measures the day and breaks for drivers, cannot be solved “in the short term”, they will keep calling the strike “until the pertinent negotiations are finished.”
Regarding the possibility of shortages of some products, Jerez has indicated that since 90% of the fleet of merchandise transport trucks is stopped, and, therefore, the majority of those that operate in the main ports, it is “evident” that being the sea route the main entrance of products “there may be a significant shortage”. EFE
