SANTO DOMINGO.- The Dominican Environment minister said yesterday legislators from different parties are involved in a plot to distribute 35.8 million square meters of lands in the National Park of the East protected area.
"At the heart of that court in Hig?ey (land Tribunal?s decision), is a plot by sectors who don?t accept that protected areas are patrimony of the nation and who want those patrimonies for particular interests," said Max Puig in a press conference.
He said a group of legislators elaborates a bill to reform Law 202-04 on Protected Areas to get those zones to individuals, "and on that we say that the areas were created by (ex-president) doctor Joaquin Balaguer and they are not going to perish under the presidential mandate of president (Leonel) Fernandez."
Although the official refused to reveal the names of the legislators who are involved in the alleged plot, he said he?ll reveal them if they persist in an attempt to modify the law.
Puig said the case is under appeal and is confident the decision will be revoked because the "law is on our side."
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"At the heart of that court in Hig?ey (land Tribunal?s decision), is a plot by sectors who don?t accept that protected areas are patrimony of the nation and who want those patrimonies for particular interests," said Max Puig in a press conference.
He said a group of legislators elaborates a bill to reform Law 202-04 on Protected Areas to get those zones to individuals, "and on that we say that the areas were created by (ex-president) doctor Joaquin Balaguer and they are not going to perish under the presidential mandate of president (Leonel) Fernandez."
Although the official refused to reveal the names of the legislators who are involved in the alleged plot, he said he?ll reveal them if they persist in an attempt to modify the law.
Puig said the case is under appeal and is confident the decision will be revoked because the "law is on our side."
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