The CTU leader also urged the Government to work with the different sectors without the need to "give a strike for a solution". | Photo: @MTC_GobPeru

Lima, July 5 (RHC)-- The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) of Peru and the Chamber of Urban Transport of Lima and Callao (CTU) in full have signed an agreement to end the partial strike announced on the main roads of the South American country.

"We do not want more unfulfilled promises.  We have lifted the strike with the confidence that in these three weeks there will be solutions based on reason, not on whim," declared the president of the CTU, Ricardo Pareja.

Later he assured that commitments were reached with the Government on legal stability, the eradication of informality and the financial rescue, in a union very affected by the consequences of the global pandemic and the increase in fuel prices.

As from this Tuesday, a technical table of dialogue with the central authorities will begin, "different from the one we were used to, but this technical table has a maximum term of three weeks to have results," insisted Pareja.

The day's strike did not register major road blockades, as there were disagreements among the transport leaders and some warned that they would not take to the roads to avoid criminal proceedings, as these actions are punishable by law.

The CTU leader also urged the Government to work with the different sectors without the need to "strike for a solution."  Last April a strike of cargo carriers and the passenger union created disturbances which led to clashes with the police and fatalities.

Some sources assure that the CTU controls 16,000 of the 23,600 urban passenger transportation units in Lima, the Peruvian capital.