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People Awajun redoubling efforts to demand the expulsion of |
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The president of the Organization for the Development of Border Communities Cenepa (ODECOFROC) Zebelio Kayap, confirmed the indigenous organizations in the province of Condorcanqui (Amazon) strengthen its legal battle to get the final withdrawal of oil and mining concessions in the district.
"We will follow the legal route is not respected as Convention 169 or the Constitution itself. We know that we are protecting our ecology and conservation, as well as the lives of the indigenous population is 15 thousand inhabitants Cenepa, "detailed the Awajún village leader. It is worth mentioning that on 17 February, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Pedro Sanchez, said the mining company could not prove ownership of the terrain to be explored, so the Supervisory Agency for Investment in Energy and mining (OSINERGMIN) proceeded to suspend it.
"There is a total mistrust of indigenous peoples with the government, you can not trust their manifestations, What moral act can talk with these officials? They must respect its resolutions and does clearly have things that are going to do, "added Zebelio Kayap.
Furthermore, on 2 March, a delegation of indigenous leaders visited the Ombudsman's Office and the Congress for the enforcement of the agreement signed with the government, which promised the establishment of the National Park Ichigkat Muja, however, not yet will reach a concrete agreement.
SOURCE: Servindi
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