Last week the National Financial Corporation (CFN) took possession of La Clementina Hacienda after the entity took it as payment for a loan of $75 million plus interest that ended in a sum of $93 million.
This after the state entity will declare the debt in arrears due to non-payment of the credit granted to the La Clementina Production and Marketing Cooperative – Owner Workers (Cooproclem).
La Clementina, a debtor held by CFN, adds visits, but few offers after the end of mobilizations
However, after a few days, the farm once again became the center of contention, this time between workers on the property and the CFN, which announced on Monday, December 19, that a process for the sale of the farm would be opened.
This was announced to Diario EL UNIVERSO by Jorge Andrade, president of the CFN Board of Directors.
“The CFN took La Clementina as payment, so now it is starting a sale process for La Clementina, I don’t know if we are going to be able to sell it as a true body or we are going to have to sell it subdivision, it is duly subdivisioned with its banana property , property for short cycle, it is not yet known, “revealed the official.
Meanwhile, the workers, former owners of the farm, rejected the CFN’s decision to put the farm up for sale. With a march down 9 de Octubre avenue, the workers demanded with banners and whistles that the farm not be sold in an open process, but that it be sold directly to them again.
Guillermo López, spokesman and leader of the workers of La Clementina, assured that a year and a half ago they reached an agreement with the CFN so that the 4,200 hectares of banana plantations pass into their hands.
The 7 groups with ties that are behind the list of the largest debtors of the CFN, and that already add up to $520 million
“We have been waiting peacefully, but we have already decided, after so long, to rise up in protest, because the promise to grant the 4,200 ha to the workers has not been fulfilled,” said López.
Regarding the takeover of the CFN, Lopéz assured that “it was precisely the step to follow.”
“The workers live inside La Clementina, we are not going to allow a person to become the owner of La Clementina when by right we deserve it, we do not want it for free, we are going to pay what they are asking for,” said the leader.
When questioned by this newspaper about how they are going to pay a new loan, if they did not pay the previous one, López replied: “it is not that it could not be paid, the administrators appointed by the State itself did not want to pay. We can pay for the farm, we want the 4,200 hectares, it has to be direct, without process,” López concluded. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
Paul is a talented author and journalist with a passion for entertainment and general news. He currently works as a writer at the 247 News Agency, where he has established herself as a respected voice in the industry.
