Diario Libre lists several of the controversial issues tackled by late Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera in a report published on 15 June 2022. Jorge Mera was murdered on Monday, 13 June 2022. State prosecutors say the motive was a displeased person who sought to use his political and personal ties to get environmental permits passed.
Marvin del Cid has been covering environmental issues for Diario Libre. He writes that a day before the death of Jorge Mera, and on the occasion of Environmental Day, several leading environmental groups had published a press release listing what was on the table.
Likewise, Argenida Romero, also reporting for Diario Libre writes in the 15 June issue that the Dominican Republic does not have a legal framework that defines and regulates environmental liabilities generated by mining, nor is there an inventory of the existing environmental liabilities. The findings are in a Chamber of Accounts audit published on Tuesday, 14 June 2022 that looks into the legal instruments applied to environmental conservation and their application from 1 January 2015 to 31 March 2020.
The Presidency has yet to announce who will replace Jorge Mera.
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Diario Libre
Diario Libre
15 June 2022