City Council requesting transparency and probity in project evaluation Hidroaysén
Along with this, the community council of the second most populous municipality and industrial center of the Aysen Region, agreed to apply transparency to the voting date and time and make public the meeting.
For Him .. 168 Lecturas06 Correspondent May, Comment
2011 00:05
With majority agreement the community council of Aysen, chaired by the Mayor Marisol Martinez and the only withdrawal from Councilman Rolando Bustamante (UDI), we decided to give notice to the Regional Intendant, Pilar Cuevas, in order to express their discontent with the way it is taking the process of environmental impact assessment Hidroaysén Hydroelectric Project. You express the concern of municipal authorities in situations which are common knowledge in relation to the resignation of Regional Director of Environmental Assessment Service in addition to other disabilities that make up the Regional Ministerial Secretaries this committee, questions that cast doubt on the act transparent institutions and assessors in this district should evaluate Porteña megahydroelectric Southern Energy, another foreign consortium.
Marisol Martinez, Mayor of Aysén (PS) explained that "this has been an agreement almost unanimously, with one withdrawal and that has to do with public opinion and make an agreement aimed at the mayor of Aysen, making him aware our rejection of what is happening in the process of Environmental Impact Assessment Project Hidroaysén, because in such instances should ensure transparency and confidence community, only then can be considered a respectable and responsible process. Our observations are related to the large number of SEREMI that had to be disabled, and where other people assume their responsibilities and on the other hand, on the Director of Environmental Assessment Service who renounces a week of having to decide which causes concern, little transparency and of course no confidence. Recall that committee should assess the Cuervo River Project, so that our rejection is a lack of transparency and seriousness to the procedure have shown the authorities must decide for us tremendous impact projects for the region. "
During the session, Councilman Guido Jaramillo (PR) emphasized that "how do you as a citizen of the region, the process lacks transparency and is being, because what is certain is that people here have zero participation, citizens We can scream but it is others who decide, because these companies decide many political campaigns and decide who will put resources in the elections, an issue that helps this process are much faster and made jokes, as I said the Father Ronchi, for to get approvals. We can not be alien to this and we must speak out and demand for transparency, because today it is dark and muddy, in that sense I as a citizen of this region needs to pronounce and make it through this council would be ideal. "
"I agree in any situation that may assist in clarifying this situation and allow it to be transparent to the community, but I want to clarify that in my opinion, we got out of hand, we are above the date that we are coming, perhaps, to see that these environmental impact studies are approved and have hardly any chance to put what are the commitments of this type of project to our community and all that is going to be watching as they pass the cables. That's what I've always been afraid, because from the beginning this project was presented as a country need and obviously what I believe is that they are creating the legal conditions to enter and start building, "said Councillor (PRI) Sergio Gonzalez.
Meanwhile, Councillor Ximena Novoa (RN) raised concerns relating to "independent that I have a personal position against the dams could not give my opinion representing the community of Aysen as I can not enforce my thoughts over the community, now, what is the social responsibility that will have the company if tomorrow is approved?, about bringing a lot of people outside and that we we assume as common problems of accommodation, because as I said a manager Hidroaysén: a problem of the state if the hospital is small or if there is no school, then eventually the social problems will come to town. To me what I worry who will bear the social cost in education, health and housing when they migrate thousands of people looking for work? ".
In another sense, María Inés Oyarzun (IND) Aysén Councilman made a critical reference to "we have seen that this government is made for entrepreneurs and intimated the Minister of Economy, this has to evaluate the corresponding organs, says it all I spend the same, although we have at hand a tectonic fault, because they are companies with tremendous economic and political power. Proof of this is that a company brings a minister to cut a ribbon for a couple of hours and an entire region can not bring it for months, what stage is our community, how to compensate all the damage they will do them. Once approved by the law and no turning back, the proof is the salmon, which in no way means that we can not or do not have the right to say that if this is good or bad. The community is going to ask in the future: what you did to make this project happen or what profit is generated?
Finally, the letter that will be accompanied by the Municipal agreement also asks the audience to vote on this project is public and which also set a date and time well in advance, thus ensuring citizen participation and free access to information. Tags
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