Do geological fracture?
4/30/2008
By Patricio Quevedo Ter?n

After all, if suddenly raises the discussion on minerals, especially non-metallic used for construction, no one should be surprised that, according to the old adage, alternate palettes those sand and lime; the wisdom of the great and full of nonsense and sometimes even to be quite mixed. That was what happened this weekend!

For example, convened two specialists to TV-Carlos Muirragui and Leonardo Elizalde-to unravel the objective and legal consequences of the creature that gave birth to the Assembly of Montecristi, assured that paralyse the entire mining 'formal'; spoiling several projects underway to have discovered huge reserves of gold, silver, copper whose international prices rise sharply, and promote only informal mining, craft or livelihood.

To explain such a dismal picture, the two technicians rightly not mention other causes that "ideologization of any subject" and ignorance of those who drafted the new law, since it will increase unemployment, blocked support for the surrounding communities, delayed exports metal and also new contributions to the Fund Prosecutor. And another 'palette': whether states seek to defend the environment-absolutely legitimate purpose-is totally contradictory the brand-new rule, since by allowing mining in fact 'artisanal', as was practiced in Nambija tremendously, destroys the conditions the nature and deforestation at a rate distressing.

Anyway, the 'palette' of the president himself during his perorata Correa on Saturday have been even more revealing and unusual, to the point that many have believed find a fracture, a true 'fails' geological open between the Executive and the majority bloc of the assembly.

After motejar as' fundamentalists', anarchists and exalted those who passed the bloody 'mandate' of discord, the Head of State, without mince words, literally said: "We appeal to stop the car at this hundred mad furious "and has launched the ugly accusation that" are funded by overseas ".

Of course, the ruler should have to produce evidence so that the phrase is not lost among the squall of unfounded accusations, but instead has topped the segment with a question of common sense: "What country in the world prohibits mining? ".

Incidentally has predicted that "will be revised collective agreements of public companies that have benefited head the government" has been described as a believer in a mining "socially, economically and environmentally responsible" and has acknowledged that there are "honest people, but totally wrong; straight people who have that intention but to achieve it, remains dismal roads. " In addition to warn that the assets of mining companies "are sheltered by the Government until the new law is issued, because any attack on private property is illegal and the government guarantees the integrity of property companies legitimately obtained," he since geological cataclysm in this auction, with the threat that "if we take 200 people, I call for leaving 200 000 citizens."


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