After verifying an evident partiality of the president of the Energy Commission, Paul Gutiérrez (Bloque Magisterial), with the illegal and informal miners, the National Mining Society (SNMPE) announced its withdrawal from the work table of the preparation of the new Law of Small Mining and Artisanal Mining, MAPE Law.
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“It is of priority interest to our union to promote sustainable and responsible mining activities, with emphasis on respect for the rule of law and the constitutional guarantees that allow us to function as a society and nation. Unfortunately, we see that you have already stated your position regarding “how to address the problems surrounding small-scale mining activities, reflected in the legislative initiative that has already been presented and which we consider to be a departure from that approach, without having finished listening to and analyzing the opinions and technical proposals of those invited to the table.” , points out the union in a letter addressed to the head of the commission.
This newspaper reported that Congressman Gutiérrez has Modesto Robles as an advisor, who signed the Movadef forms, for his failed registration in the National Elections Jury (JNE).
The legislator himself expressed, through Peru21his support for that Shining Path movement after the Judiciary issued a ruling declaring the organization dissolved and ordering the closure of all its premises nationwide.
Gutiérrez, in addition, was one of the promoters of the expansion of the Comprehensive Registry of Mining Formalization (Reinfo). At first, he proposed a two-year extension, but in the end he proposed, through an opinion approved in the Plenary, that it be up to one year.
The former vice minister of the Interior, Ricardo Valdés, told this newspaper that Reinfo is used by illegal miners to transport gold and minerals to market them, using the documentation granted by being in that database. “They turn the Reinfo around,” he explained.
Peru21 He also reported, through an interview with the former Minister of the Interior, Carlos Basombrío, that illegal mining has exported, this year, 6 billion dollars, which is four times more money than drug trafficking.
The countries where the illegal gold goes are Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, India and England.
