The criticisms arise from the leader's statements, who linked the improvement of staff salary conditions to the approval of budgets that were rejected by the general assembly last Thursday. This rejection, by a minimal difference in votes, also affected the activity report from the previous year and the accounts for 2025, as well as the budget for 2026.
This outcome has revealed a deep rift within the agricultural organization, where a significant portion of the associates are already demanding the president's resignation due to dissatisfaction with his current management.
“"It is false that the president cannot raise employees' salaries without budget approval, as this is a power currently held by his position."
The critical partners have denounced that the president is using workers for his "personal interest in an undignified manner," attempting to pressure the organization's social base to gain support for his economic management, under the supposed threat of freezing staff remuneration if his accounts are not accepted. As proof of this administrative power, they pointed to the recent hiring of a new worker for Asaja, whose salary was directly set by the presidency.
On the other hand, the president's proposal to reform the statutes so that his salary does not exceed the Minimum Interprofessional Wage (SMI) has been met with skepticism. Critics state that no internal rule modification is necessary for the president to immediately lower his salary if he wishes, and they demand that, before proposing future changes, he return what they consider overcharged and unauthorized benefit payments.
Meanwhile, the president has defended the need for a "progressive renewal and modernization" of the entity, attributing the rejection of his proposals to the concentration of votes in certain family and business groups.
