Jorge Roig, former President of Fedecamaras and current representative of the guild before the International Labour ...
Jorge Roig, former President of Fedecamaras and current representative of the guild before the International Labour Organization (ILO), expects the second semester of 2017 to be worse to the first than the first, as adequate decisions on the economy have not been made.
“Not a single decision has been made that can make things change. The inventories will be at their lowest level during the second semester… I can guarantee that the second semester will be even worse than the first, as what had to be done, was not done (…)” said Roig, from the Chamber of Commerce of Maracaibo, were he took part of a conference that was one of the activities developed for the 123rd anniversary of Fedecamaras.
Roig mentioned that the call for the Constituent Assembly is a “risk” for the business world. “The ANC call is illegal. In addition, instead of solving any problems it will fuel the fire to the conflict. This government has have absolute freedom to order and command through institutions every economic measure, but it has not solved any problems, and the Constituent will solve nothing”.
As regards the Annual Assembly of Fedecamaras, he said “businessmen are showing their efforts. Our Assembly was built during 73 years and Fedecamaras has resisted dictatorships, coup d’état, unconstitutional frauds, and has stood there. Everyone is committed, we expect an assembly to be as successful as this city deserves. It is a perfect time for the sector to make a statement”.
Roig represents the guild before the ILO, in Genève, and he and his colleagues have reported that the sector is being persecuted by the Government and that there is no social dialogue in Venezuela.
“The government discusses nothing at all. Collective bargaining must be discussed with workers. This is the only country in the world where workers are not happy, but rather frown at wages’ increases”.
He added that ILO will decide in November whether it will send a representative to Venezuela to check complaints and to analyse if it accepts the proposal of having a permanent representative.
The future of work is under threat in Venezuela.
Source: Panorama
