"Slavery legally ended in Spain in 1886" . With this statement, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, today criticized the campaign promoted by the Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, who last May commissioned the Labor and Social Security inspectors to look for situations of "labor slavery" in agricultural work this season.

The minister urged finding cases in which farmworkers suffered "ill-treatment", if they were "locked up" and "could not leave" their workplace because they were prevented by "barbed wire" or "guards" or if they received " threats ", among other issues drawn up in a form designed in this regard.

A month after knowing these instructions, Planas has come out to defend the "honesty" of Spanish farmers and ranchers . " Specifically, the socialist minister has pointed out that" slavery ended legally in 1886, and in fact much earlier. "

"This expression seems absolutely unfortunate to me and nobody doubts the honesty of our farmers and ranchers" to add that "sometimes there is an example that is not exactly edifying, but it should not be questioned or cross out the reputation of our farmers and ranchers, who do it well, "Planas said in statements to the 'Herrera en Cope' program.

The minister explained that these are instructions prepared by the Labor Inspectorate with a series of questionnaires, which are usually part of the administrative work, although he acknowledged that on this occasion "unfortunate words" have been introduced, which made reference to slavery or servitude.

In this sense, he specified that "no one doubts the honesty of the sector" and added that "like any other sector, the laws must be followed. Sometimes there is an example that is not dignifying but nobody should put the reputation of our farmers and ranchers. "

In this defense of the agrarian sector, the minister stressed that "he must not be questioned at all, nor should he cross out the reputation of farmers and ranchers who do it well", Planas has clarified, thus ugly the conduct of his cabinet partner, Yolanda Díaz.

IT IS NOT THE ONLY CASE

It is not the first time that Planas tries to calm the Spanish agrarian sector before the redress of the representative of Podemos in the Government. At the beginning of this year, and at the stage of greater protests by farmers on the roads denouncing the low prices they receive for their products, the Minister of Labor vetoed the presence of agrarian organizations at the last minute, which were thus raised from the table at the first meeting to which they were summoned together with the unions, once the second vice president Pablo Iglesias asked to be at that meeting.

This veto was considered a relief and a whole declaration of intent for the entrepreneurs of the field at the beginning of the legislature.

The second chapter has exploded upon learning of the instructions given to the leadership of the Labor and Social Security Inspectorate to pursue "slavery" in the countryside. Several agrarian organizations have asked in recent weeks for a rectification of the minister or even her resignation for "stigmatizing" the Spanish agrarian sector, and urged the intermediation of the Minister of Agriculture, which ended up arriving this Tuesday.

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