The Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) scheduled the meeting for today – urgently – with the purpose of providing a definitive and sustainable solution to the problems that revolve around the South Road Corridor.
The peasant communities, the Las Bambas mining company and the local and regional authorities are summoned to the meeting, however, the presence of all the actors would not be guaranteed.
According to Bloomberg, some leaders of the Chumbivilcas communities would not participate in the meeting.
“It has not been coordinated with us. Civil society has nothing to do with a discussion about private property ”, he pointed Victor Villa, advisor to the inhabitants of Chumbivilcas.
On the other hand, Wilbert Fuentes, Secretary General of the United Front for the Defense of the Interests of the Province of Chumbivilcas, in conversation with La República, revealed that they still have not a definite decision regarding their presence at the summoned meeting, however, he indicated that it is very likely that they are present.
“We are evaluating, I am communicating with the communal presidents, we are looking at the possibility of attending or not. I think we are going to attend to see what the Government’s approach is because it is an issue that has a lot to do with mining in our case. The Bambas“Said Fuentes.
Confirmed presence
While, Daniel Colque Apaza, president of the Hatun Ccollana – Velille community, confirmed to this medium that he will attend the meeting with the intention of listening to the mining company and the authorities.
Likewise, the leader pointed out that his request goes to the extent that the environment and the rights of the community are respected. He also expressed that the State should also blame what happened, since a highway was declared a national highway without the prior opinion of the residents.
However, he indicated that they are open to dialogue and that any agreement that is made is made without violating the rights of the communities.
“We are not anti-miners, but we do want an agreement for the good of the parties. We are here to dialogue, we do not want to close ourselves off, but we also want our rights to be respected ”, added.
For his part, the manager of Legal Affairs of the mining company Las Bambas, Claudio Cáceresannounced, on a local radio station, that the company will be present at the restart of the dialogue, hoping to arrive at “solutions that are sustainable over time.”
He also recalled that, with the stoppage of Las Bambas, the State stops receiving S / 5,200,000 per day.
Follow up on social commitments
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem), through the General Office of Social Management (OGGS), will promote a process of systematization and monitoring of social commitments, adopted by mining and energy companies in their environmental impact studies (EIA) and in their modifications.
This will allow the Office for the Management of Social Commitments (OGCS) to determine the levels of compliance and identify areas for improvement in the social management of companies with the surrounding communities.
This year the OGCS managed to systematize the mandatory social commitments of 45 mining units nationwide.
The data
Impact. Mine shutdown affects more than 8,000 workers and 75,000 families.
Effect. MMG Las Bambas shares on the Hong Kong stock market fell 5.31% after the mine stopped.
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