Angel Valdes | June 6, 2023
The presidential candidate for the Otro Camino Movement, Ricardo Lombana, highlighted that the current state of emergency due to drought has been implemented late, but it also lends itself to business taking advantage of direct purchases, in addition to the issue of the mining project of Burning Hill.
Lombana considers that this new state of emergency lends itself to direct purchases without inspection: “We have a new state of emergency due to the drought that was called late that can be given for contracts that do not have controls and do not have inspection and come again orders and instructions from the presidency, but the most serious thing is that almost in parallel with the declaration of emergency due to drought, the government itself approves the environmental impact study of the Cerro Quema mining project, which is precisely in the heart of the dry arc of the country, which It is the region most affected by lack of water”.
“It is a total contradiction that the government, on the one hand, seems concerned about the environmental and climate situation and on the other hand, continues to take measures that threaten our water sources, that is, against our health, it is also doubly serious because the environmental impact study was presented 8 years ago, totally outdated, which is an irresponsibility of the government and this project (Cerro Quema) not only compromises our environment, but there is direct contamination and this has no name, wherever you look at it, I notice a government that It is concentrated in the businesses of a few that in the future of the Nation and of the youth» expressed Lombana
