A bankrupt country like ours has the luxury of shutting down production, causing more unemployment and capital flight to other parts, where every venture is supported by governments because of the benefits it brings to the economy.
Here, more than 170 strategic projects have been paralyzed, according to a press release from the Ministry of Environmental Protection, after the Constitutional Court (CC) declared a temporary suspension of Executive Decree 754, which repealed certain provisions of the Organic Environmental Code. modified. , which refers to consulting on environmental protection for the issuance of permits that enable the operation of certain industries, such as hotels, construction, mining, hydrocarbons, oil, etc., with public and private investments. The verdict was handed down in the process of a lawsuit on unconstitutionality, in form and content, initiated by the Pachamama Foundation, the PUCE Rights Center and Conaie, which claim that the Constitution, international instruments and judicial practice have been violated. of the CC, related to prior consultation and environmental consultation for extractive projects.
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However, it should be recalled that this suspension of production, due to the suspension of the said regulation, is not from now, but due to the provisions of the CC (October 2021), the issuing of environmental permits has already been suspended. until the aforementioned regulations dictate, for which the aforementioned ministry was given a deadline of one year, which was fulfilled a few months ago, preventing the implementation of activities that require this permit, not only mining and affecting communities and indigenous populations, but the entire universe of work, causing economic decline and incalculable losses to those who invested in certain businesses, not only because they cannot produce, but also because of the deterioration of machines and equipment and the payment of wages to employees who cannot work because factories are closed.
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Those who oppose the validity of the mentioned regulation claim that it violates the ILO Convention no. 169 and “denaturalizes” the right to free, prior and informed consultation.
(…) it seems that the authorities do not care about the misery of people who are crying out for paid work…
The most serious thing is that not only is the momentum of mining and exploitation projects being slowed down, but all activities that require an environmental permit are being stopped until the CC decides on the action proposed by these groups.
It is unimaginable that a poor country like ours suffers this kind of evil, where the authorities do not seem to care about the misery of people who are crying out for paid work and look indifferently at what has happened, thinking that stopping production is not It is a problem that needs you worried.
What they should do for now is to allow those processes that have nothing to do with mining and that do not affect indigenous communities and peoples to be excluded from these bans, thereby applying the transitional provision of the sentence that the first instance judge in Guayaquil dictated the protective action that the branch ministry it didn’t listen. (OR)
Source: Eluniverso
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