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Date: Portoviejo, 06-05-2008 Source: Eldiario.com.ec
Miners protest against "mandate miner"
Quito .- Miners throughout Ecuador today marched through the centre of Quito to protest the "mandate mining", adopted last April 18 by the Constituent Assembly and suspended for six months all kinds of mining activity, leaving an impression many of them unemployed.
With banners and posters, in expressing their opposition to "mandate", about two thousand miners and their neighbouring communities in different parts of the country, reached the Presidential Palace of Carondelet, the seat of the Executive, to demand the president, Rafael Correa, changes in the text.
With some folk dances and accompanied by a group of indigenous Shuar, the miners were concentrated in Independence Square to demand the presence on the balcony of Carondelet of Correa, who, however, not responded to the call.
On April 18 the Assembly of Ecuador adopted the "mandate mining," which become State thousands of concessions allegedly made without fulfilling the legal requirements for six months and suspended all mining activities until it enters into force a new law being prepared the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum.
Luis Pachala, representative of an indigenous group that is involved in the exploitation of mineral resources, told reporters that "not analyzed the effects of the law" because it leaves them in unemployment for at least six months.
For its part, Gladys Sanchez of the town of Gualaquiza, in the southern Andean province of Azuay, regretted the decision of the Assembly and added that thousands of workers who live in mining mobilizations continue until rescinded that "mandate" .
The Chamber of Mines has assured that the "mandate" would prevent investments in this sector valued at 2,000 million dollars over the next two years and the creation of 70,000 "quality jobs" in Ecuador in the next decade.
For its part, Galo Chiriboga, Minister of Mines and Petroleum, met in the province of El Oro, in southwestern Ecuador, with several representatives of mining companies to reach agreements on mineral exploration and exploitation in the country and include in the new law.
Chiriboga said that employers should look for alternative jobs for workers who are in their businesses.
The Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa, has said repeatedly that the new Mining Law will ensure a holding "technical and rational" of mining resources, with clear and tough regulations so that the activity is responsible to the environment and social environment where develops. EFE
Miners protest against "mandate miner"
Quito .- Miners throughout Ecuador today marched through the centre of Quito to protest the "mandate mining", adopted last April 18 by the Constituent Assembly and suspended for six months all kinds of mining activity, leaving an impression many of them unemployed.
With banners and posters, in expressing their opposition to "mandate", about two thousand miners and their neighbouring communities in different parts of the country, reached the Presidential Palace of Carondelet, the seat of the Executive, to demand the president, Rafael Correa, changes in the text.
With some folk dances and accompanied by a group of indigenous Shuar, the miners were concentrated in Independence Square to demand the presence on the balcony of Carondelet of Correa, who, however, not responded to the call.
On April 18 the Assembly of Ecuador adopted the "mandate mining," which become State thousands of concessions allegedly made without fulfilling the legal requirements for six months and suspended all mining activities until it enters into force a new law being prepared the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum.
Luis Pachala, representative of an indigenous group that is involved in the exploitation of mineral resources, told reporters that "not analyzed the effects of the law" because it leaves them in unemployment for at least six months.
For its part, Gladys Sanchez of the town of Gualaquiza, in the southern Andean province of Azuay, regretted the decision of the Assembly and added that thousands of workers who live in mining mobilizations continue until rescinded that "mandate" .
The Chamber of Mines has assured that the "mandate" would prevent investments in this sector valued at 2,000 million dollars over the next two years and the creation of 70,000 "quality jobs" in Ecuador in the next decade.
For its part, Galo Chiriboga, Minister of Mines and Petroleum, met in the province of El Oro, in southwestern Ecuador, with several representatives of mining companies to reach agreements on mineral exploration and exploitation in the country and include in the new law.
Chiriboga said that employers should look for alternative jobs for workers who are in their businesses.
The Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa, has said repeatedly that the new Mining Law will ensure a holding "technical and rational" of mining resources, with clear and tough regulations so that the activity is responsible to the environment and social environment where develops. EFE
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