{"id":111476,"date":"2018-04-18T10:04:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T14:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/?p=111476"},"modified":"2018-04-18T10:04:40","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T14:04:40","slug":"medina-administration-to-defend-retaking-duquesa-waste-dump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/04\/18\/medina-administration-to-defend-retaking-duquesa-waste-dump\/","title":{"rendered":"Medina administration to defend retaking Duquesa waste dump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Flavio Dar\u00edo Espinal \/ El Caribe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Flavio Dar\u00edo Espinal, legal advisor to President Danilo Medina, announced the government would hire a firm specializing in international arbitration cases to defend the country in the Lajun Corporation law case. The company is requesting before the United Nations Arbitration Tribunal that the government pay more than US$300 million for violations to a free trade agreement. The case was opened on 19 December 2017.<\/p>\n

Espinal said that a team of government officers from the Foreign Commerce Agency (Dicoex) of the Ministry of Industry & Commerce, the Ministry of Environment, the City Government of Santo Domingo North, the Commonwealth of City Governments of Greater Santo Domingo, and the Legal Advisory Office of the Presidency would work closely with the chosen law firm in the defense.<\/p>\n

The announcement is made after opposition PRM party municipal affairs director Waldys Taveras, alerted the Dominican government had not taken appropriate actions to prove the fraudulent sale of the property to Lajun.<\/p>\n

“I want to reiterate or say that the population must be confident that the Dominican government in this case, like in any other of another nature, but especially in this case, will do everything in its power to carry out a rigorous defense, a strong defense in which we make the public interest prevail, ” he said responding to the press at the Presidential Palace.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Ministry of Environment took control of the Duquesa dump that was managed by Lajun on grounds of public health and the environmental reasons. Lajun had operated the dump for 10 years.<\/p>\n

Previously, on 27 September 2017, the city government of Santo Domingo North had obtained a ruling that permitted the expelling of the company for mismanagement of the waste deposit. A hearing is scheduled for 23 April 2018 regarding a legal recourse submitted by the State Sugar Council (CEA) before the Land Court that seeks to annul the sale of the Duquesa land.<\/p>\n

The secretary general of the Dominican Municipal League, Johnny Jones says that the juridical aspects need to be consequential with the technical part that needs to be handled by the Ministry of Environment. \u201cWhat is first is the health of the people, environmental improvements and the adequate disposal of solid wastes. That is the responsibility of the authorities of the Santo Domingo North municipality, the Commonwealth, the Federation of Dominican Municipalities (Fedomu) and the Municipal League, he told El Caribe reporters.<\/p>\n

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18 April 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Flavio Dar\u00edo Espinal, legal advisor to President Danilo Medina, announced the government would hire a firm specializing in international arbitration cases to defend the country in the Lajun Corporation law case. The company is requesting before the United Nations Arbitration Tribunal that the government pay more than US$300 million for violations to a free trade … <\/p>\n

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