In conciliation. Governor points out that the project concessionaire handles double discourse. They accuse GRA of non-compliance, but they don’t raise observations either, he said.
The regional governor of Arequipa, Rohel Sanchez, questioned the lack of will of the Cobra company to resume the works of the Majes Siguas II project. Said concessionaire sues the State for compensation of 120 million dollars for damages that the breaches of the Regional Government of Arequipa (GRA) would have generated.
“What we can say is that the concessionaire uses a double standard, basically it does not show a willingness to want to carry out the project,” Sánchez asserted yesterday at the headquarters of the Regional Government of Arequipa.
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The main works of the agro-export project have been paralyzed since 2017. It was thought that the works would restart with the signing of addendum 13 to the concession contract (July 2022), however Cobra has brought their claims to a direct deal (conciliation). which is resolved in the State Coordination and Response System in International Investment Disputes (Sicreci), an organization that reports to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. It is a step prior to arbitration.
Regarding this process, Sánchez reported that the Regional Government receives advice from technicians from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), who also guided the regional entity in signing the questioned addendum 13. This allows an increase of 104 million dollars the project.
Sánchez avoided commenting on the situation of the Regional Government of Arequipa before a possible arbitration. He indicated that for now the efforts are oriented until April 12, in which the entity must fulfill its commitments in the project, such as land sanitation.
Nevertheless, The authority questioned that the company also presents non-compliance. He did not raise the 300 observations to the technical file, but according to Cobra they are only comments.
Sánchez indicated that the objective of conciliation is for both parties to reach an understanding.
“Let’s hope that (Cobra) changes his mind and has that will (to continue the project),” the authority remarked.
new committee
Sánchez made his comments in the framework of the creation of the Civic Anti-Corruption Committee, an entity that will be made up of members of the citizenry (unemployed and university students), which will serve as a civil body for the control of the different entities of the Regional Government.
During the presentation, Sánchez informed that at the moment there are 1,200 processes for functional misconduct against Regional Government servers, which have been followed since past efforts.v
Source: Larepublica
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