They continue to kick around the problem of informal mining and do not solve it. The Energy and Mines Commission gave the green light to a previous question, raised by the congressman of Somos Perú, José Jerí, so that the prediction debated yesterday, which proposed extending the Comprehensive Mining Formalization Registry (Reinfo), could be seen, with further analysis, in a new session, which will begin today at 10:00 am
The president of the commission, Paul Gutiérrez, told Perú21 that the proposal of his working group, which he will present in today’s session, only proposes that the extension of Reinfo be put to a vote — which is one year long, and an additional year if necessary, through a supreme decree—, and that the observations on the prediction made known in yesterday’s session, such as the free acquisition of explosives without restrictions, be seen in the session on Monday, December 2 , in which The Law on Small Mining and Artisanal Mining (ASM) will be debated.
The vice president of the commission, Diana Gonzales, pointed out, during the session, that the report that was going to be voted on yesterday “favored illegal mining” because it allows mining activity to be carried out in protected areas.
MINERS OR POLITICIANS?
On the other hand, after the revelation of Perú21 that there are informal miners who are active in parties that have seats in Congress, such as Renovación Popular, Perú Libre and Juntos Por el Perú (JPP), and that their groups are in favor of expanding the Reinfo , the spokesperson for Fuerza Popular, Arturo Alegría, requested that these political groups make known the names of the informal miners who “have been captured” by them.
“Those who are part of a political party and have an interest in managing this, politically, must be clear, must define it, what cannot happen is that in the middle of a debate on a public and big problem for the country, the political parties “They want to grab this like a flag,” he concluded.
