Chaos in the center by a protest by the taxi drivers against a decision favorable to Uber

The center of Buenos Aires Aires became a chaos for a few hours yesterday morning, when about 300 taxi drivers walked to the city's Superior Court of Justice in Cerrito at 700, rejecting the recent decision that reversed the blockade of transport demand private Uber. A delegation of leaders also entered the building to present an official document against the decision.

Starting from 10, the drivers of the National Federation of Taxi Workers, led by Omar Viviani, and protesters with the flags of the Society of Automobile Owners with the taximeter (SPAT) and the l 39; Association of taxi drivers (ATC) protested in the cold of the day, as they threw firecrackers and made themselves heard with drums, cymbals, drums and trumpets. Cerrito and Viamonte were cut until noon, as well as three lanes of 9 de Julio Avenue towards Constitución, where hundreds of taxis parked in double and triple rows. Many of them wore large yellow and black flags attached to their windows.

Taxi drivers demanded that Uber stop working in the capital. They understand that the platform, which is active in Buenos Aires since April 2016 illegally, is jeopardizing their jobs, which in the city are close to 50,000.

"The Superior Court is outdated. He blocked Uber and now they say that they allow him to protect human rights and freedom of expression, "said Jorge Celia, president of SPAT," We taxi drivers also have human rights and tomorrow there may be a request. sell organs, weapons or drugs. "

Celia differentiated Uber from Cabify, a platform with similar features, but that is regulated." Cabify fits the rules: they have controls, drivers with professional registration, it's why the problem is not us, it's Uber, it does not want to be legal, they should not let it work, it takes $ 250 million without having a single office "

While holding a flag with the caption "Parada Callao and Santa Fe", the taxi pawn Juan Pablo Pérez indicated the problems caused by Uber "I work 16 hours a day and I take $ 500. Before, on weekends, I could save $ 1,500, but now the work has decreased a lot, "he says, and he argued that under these conditions, he will never be able to buy his own vehicle:" I understand the pbadenger's need to pay less, but you have to do it right and Uber does not pay anything. "

Uber, April 2016, l & # 39, activity decreased by 45%.

Document

At approximately 11:30 am, a delegation led by Luis Fernandez, president of ATC, enters the headquarters of the Superior Court of Justice of Buenos Aires to present a brief formal protest against the decision. The document, which includes the signature of Viviani, denounces the "regrettable conviction" and argues that, according to various decisions of international courts, "Uber is a transport service company and not just an application or a technology company" [19659005] In this regard, states: "Taxis we fit in the rigid municipal regulations for the carriage of pbadengers, we pay taxes, we submit to the regulations in force, we respect the institutions", while Uber "develops a risky activity that endangers public safety, because it is deployed without control, outside the established regulations for its exercise, without permission or permission to operate, without state supervision, without make fun of it or manipulate it.

In anticipation of the rulers who had entered the building, at the door followed the songs of escrach to the company and the government of the city. The Peronist march was also heard

On Marcelo Boeri, leader of the civil badociation Taxistas Unidos, whose threats against the secretary of transport of Buenos Aires became viral yesterday (see apart), the demonstrators resonate: "The organizations that are here do not have anything to do with Boeri or with the Unidos Taxistas, Boeri talks bad about the whole world and this sector has nothing to do with it," they said at the ATC

. They denounce a taxi driver for threats

Audio began circulating in the last hours and the voice is that of Marcelo Boeri, head of the civil badociation Taxistas Unidos, identified with several episodes of threats and attacks against Uber drivers. In the message, he proposes to his colleagues to find the address of Juan José Méndez, Secretary of Transportation of Buenos Aires, following the suspension of the license of a taxi driver prosecuted for badaulting a driver who used the application two years ago outside the law. In a dialogue with LA NACION, Boeri avoided acknowledging or denying the paternity of the message, although he admitted to having encouraged this type of practice

The audios resulted in a complaint by Méndez in a prosecutor's office from Buenos Aires for threats. "Preliminary steps are being taken to delineate the imputation and see if, in addition to Boeri, there are other possible participants," they reported in the prosecutor's office. The investigation was in charge of Gonzalo Viña, parquet floor No. 39.