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CLAIM THAT THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES APPROVES CONTRACT THAT RECOGNIZES THE MUNICIPALITIES THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE 5% OF THE BENEFITS OF GOLD MINE

October 2, 2009

municipal authorities and representatives of community organizations Fantino called for, at a meeting held on Wednesday 30 in the Club Lounge on July 4 of this town, which the House of Representatives approved the amendment of the contract between the Dominican State and Pueblo Viejo Dominicana Corporation , which recognizes the right of municipalities to receive 5% of the profits from the exploitation of the goldfields of the old mine in the Dominican Rosary.

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The trustee and president of the Association of Municipalities of the Cibao Sur, Jose Estevez, demanded that the House of Representatives approved the amendment to this contract, as did the Senate on 15 September and thus guarantee that for the first time in the country meets the second paragraph of Article 117 of the Environmental Law 64-00 that have delivered 5% of net profits from the exploitation of nonrenewable natural resources to municipalities where the mine is located. Representatives of community organizations who spoke during the meeting which began at 10 la mañana y concluyó al medio día, manifestaron que Fantino, al igual que los demás municipios que están en el área de influencia de la mina de Pueblo Viejo, tienen el derecho y merecen participar de los beneficios de la explotación minera para impulsar su desarrollo y el bienestar de su población.

Adujeron que Fantino, junto a Cotuí y Maimón, elaboró un plan de desarrollo que sometió el 3 de mayo pasado a un plebiscito, en el que fue aprobado masivamente por la población. “Nuestras organizaciones garantizan que los recursos que el municipio reciba será dedicado a lograr las metas que la población decidió en el plan de desarrollo,” said.

The assembly adopted in committee to bring together representatives of Piedra Blanca, Maimon, Cotuí, Cevicos and Villa La Mata and the districts of these municipalities, the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Julio Cesar Valentin a public statement requesting the approval of the amendment to the contract of Pueblo Viejo and recognition of the right of municipalities to receive some of the benefits of this mine. In addition to the trustee Fantino, José Estevez, addressed the meeting, Councilman Leopoldo de La Cruz, Dr. Aurora Paulino, in charge of municipal hospital epidemiology, Angela Abad, secretary General Economic and Social Council Municipal Cotuí, among others.

participated in the event the neighborhood associations, the construction union, the Lions Club, the Ecological Society, the FALP, the union of motorists, the various churches and School District representatives and the authorities premises of the Ministry of Public Health.

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