Presidential candidate Paula Narvaez (PS-PPD-PL-New Deal) expressed her rejection of COEVA’s approval of the Dominga port mining project, saying that “it is the beginning of a new sacrifice zone.”
Narváez said that “the approval of the Dominga project is a mistake that will cost us dearly. This is not progress, it is the beginning of a new sacrifice zone.”
“We do not want development at the expense of territories and the well-being of people. The government has once again chosen the wrong path, putting economic interests above those of the planet (…) Let’s not deepen the climate crisis, not Dominga,” he said.
The other two presidential candidates who will compete in the citizens’ consultation of Unidad Constituyente, Yasna Provoste (DC) and Carlos Maldonado (PR) also expressed their rejection of the approval of the controversial project of the company Andes Iron.
Provoste pointed out that “trying to approve a project that commits future generations is a bad idea, it is an unacceptable provocation to environmental institutions, and to all organizations that have worked to make visible its adverse effects.”
For his part, Maldonado criticized that “Piñera, through Seremis, approves Dominga, circumventing decentralization and citizen will q elected Regional Governor q has expressed serious objections to the project. We will legislate to substantially raise environmental standards x #CrisisClimatica.”
