Santo Domingo.-The Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), the Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic and the Association of Environmental Lawyers expressed concern this Saturday about the appointment of the lawyer and businessman Armando Paino Henriquez minister of Environmenta person unknown to the sector.
They fear that his lack of experience in environmental issues will prevent him from complying with the mandates of Law 64-00 on the subject.
“For the environmental sector, this man is completely unknown. We don’t know his capabilities. We don’t know if he has any plans, because we have never heard him speak publicly about the issue nor do we know of any document he has produced,” said Luis Carvajal, coordinator of the Environmental Commission of the UASD.
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“For us it will be a surprise and we hope that it will not be more of the same,” the university official continued.
Milcíades Mejía, coordinator of the Commission of Natural Sciences and Environment of the Academy of Sciences, warned about the great challenges of Paíno Henríquez for the protection of the country’s fauna, flora and water resources.
“This is not a person we know, have met or have been involved with in the conservation and protection efforts carried out by the Academy,” said the scientist, former president of the Academy of Sciences.
Euren Cuevas, president of the Institute of Lawyers for the Protection of Environmentsaid that “it is of great concern that they have appointed a person to that position who is more closely linked to trade and investment than to environmental protection.”
He added that “natural resources, with all the interests surrounding the sector, deteriorate further when people who do not have this profile are appointed to the Ministry.”
