On this occasion, Cesar Vásquez, an operator from Medellín, told us how, from the city of eternal spring, operators in the sector are thinking about the reality that COVID-19 has caused, and Coljuegos' reaction to it, as well as the support of the state, almost not
MV: With Coljuegos' new growth plan for this year, do you think that casinos are really being taken into account with the reality of the sector?
No, in the gambling sector they have not been given the attention they deserve because part of the procedures are very delayed, the problems of the casino industry are not addressed on time, many obstacles ... well to summarize, I do not think it has been Bearing in mind, if they try to solve a problem for the casinos it is always at the end of everything, they do not pay enough attention that the casinos that are so important to the country deserve.
MV: What would happen if we entered a new total quarantine?
Well, one does not have a precise data, but what one believes is that there will be more businesses and companies that are going to disappear, the last quarantine and many have disappeared and if there is one equal or worse then imagine what would happen. I believe that for the economy of the sector, the people and the country this is going to be deadly
MV: How do you think Coljuegos should help casinos this year?
There should be more attention to financial aid, less restrictions for everything that concerns the industry, paperwork, agility, less arbitrary order in things. Coljuegos should give true importance to the industry and businessmen who fight every day to sustain the industry in this crisis that we are all experiencing, it is not enough with what they try to do to alleviate, we need more attention and collaboration from the government and Coljuegos, which is the entity that controls us.
But if it is very difficult without the help of government entities to sustain an industry, a company.
"The businessman alone cannot, he is not capable, in Colombia it is very hard to sustain a company and now with this crisis much more, the union is supremely beaten with the attention of many people is to disappear"
MV: Would you agree to pay to vaccinate your employees?
It is not that I agree, but if it is necessary to do it to improve and try to solve the problem of covid-19 of course, but that really corresponds to the government and the country's health entities. Instead of us paying, they should help us vaccinate the employees as soon as possible to continue with our work and thus benefit the country and the economy.
