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Miners will denounce corruption before AN

posted on Apr 22, 2009 02:53AM
Miners will denounce corruption before AN
Wednesday, 22 of April of 2009

More than 2 thousand miners who have not acquired the humanitarian aid they compiled tests of supposed corruption in the reconversion program, with the purpose of to give them to the national parliament so that the respective inquiries are abran



“ Iremos to the street if they do not give answer, of that does not have doubt ”, noticed Villanueva. Photo William Urdaneta
Behind the six thousand miners enrolled in the plan of mining reconversion there is a novel that does not finish, is a heavy coat of corruption denunciations that announce the failure of the project that the national Government undertook to vindicate to the miners of the state Bolivar.

Alfredo Villanueva, main spokesman of the miners of the Paragua and City Bolivar, will be east Wednesday in Caracas introducing those that consider tests of the embezzlement of the bottoms that have not reached more than 2 thousand miners of the zone.

Of the 6,072 miners incorporated in the data, 2,509 have not received with ticket that gave the State to the small miners for the payment of the debt. Villanueva asserts that it enters Mirna Muñoz, president of the Foundation Misión Piar and Jackeline Faría, ex- minister of the Atmosphere and now first authority of the Greater Mayorship, tiles part of the deflection of bottoms of the miners.

“The 20 of November Felix Velasquez committed that from the 26 of November it would be cancelled the payments and to date there is no answer don't mention it”.

Villanueva will introduce the investigation request before the Commission of Social Contraloría of Asamblea Nacional (AN), will solicit there that answer occurs to a series of promises that settled down with the plan of mining reconversion. It assures that in all the agreements nothing has been fulfilled almost.

The miners demand answer by the irregularity in the payment, fulfillment of the uses promised in the Paragua, construction of the 200 houses promised for the miners, the delivery of the credits of the mining reconversion, as well as the construction of works of social interest and the agreement of a commission integrated by the Ministry of Basic Industries and Mining (Mibam), Interior, Mayorship and miners.

Tests in hand
Villanueva assured that it will brief the tests of the 2 thousand miners who have not received the advantage. It said to have tests of the results of I collate of tickets with the book of miners briefed before the Commission of Social Development of an.

In addition it denounced that one has given credits to them to people who are not miners and who apparently, part of those beneficiaries illegally belongs to the Ministry of Education.

On the other hand, another fact seems to be indication of the corruption acts. One is the destitution of Rodolfo Vilchez, director of Mining Concession of the Mibam, that presumably is being investigated by the disappearance of millardo of bolivars.

In addition it will ask for the investigation of seven coordinators of the first stage of the plan of mining reconversion, who have received up to three times like representatives of the small workers of the mining.

The representative of the miners noticed that of not obtaining answer of the denunciations they will go to the street of forceful way. (CARJ)

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