Angel Valdes | March 31, 2023
The ombudsman, Eduardo Leblanc, referred to the meeting they held in the Coclesito sector together with the residents, the national government and the mining company, he also touched on the issue of the lack of water in West Panama, the case of Fentanyl and his position on the note from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that lamented the ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice that rejected equal marriage.
“The benefits of the contract, the issue of the trust and the income from the mine were explained a little by the government, we firmly believe that the company has to make its position on the contract known, we also believe that the company has to have a conduct responsible business a little older, invest more in the communities, Coclesito with innumerable needs, and a project with so much money so close is good that it reaches the communities”, Leblanc explained.
Regarding the protests that take place daily in Panama Oeste, he said that “The IDAAN issue is that it does not have the capacity to reach certain places and there we wonder who granted the construction permits, because they granted construction permits in neighborhoods where they knew that the water service was going to be a problem, so it is not only a problem for IDAAN but also internally within the municipalities, because that municipal engineer, because MIVIOT gave permission at the time for the construction of all this neighborhood , knowing that in a disorderly way we do not have access to water ».
