Parliament Bolivar joins discussion of new National Mining Act
ABN 29/02/2008
Ciudad Bolivar, February 29. ABN .- The Legislative Council of Bolivar state join efforts with the National Assembly (AN) to enrich, enhance and disseminate regarding the discussion of the new National Mining Act.
This was reported by the chairman of the Standing Committee of Production, Trade, Tourism, Agriculture and Mining Parliament bolivarense, deputy Francisco Jimenez, who noted that "the intention is to adjust the laws state of non-metallic mining to the letter of the new law , which is currently under discussion in the National Assembly. "
Jimenez explained that the metal mining is exclusive national government, while non-metallic mining is regulated and controlled most of the governorates and mayoralties in the country.
He explained that for proper coordination with the AN materialized a first contact with the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Mines of this legislative body, deputy Angel Rodriguez, and his colleague Angel Marcano, chairman of the Subcommittee on Mining in the same instance .
"The Mines Act has been included in the Enabling Act, which requires a deep and abiding exchange for the AN know the reality of the states with mineral vocation, as Bolivar, and improve the bill in terms of profit collectively, "said Jimenez.
For his part, chairman of the Standing Committee on Environment and Territorial Development of the Indigenous Parliament of Bolivar, Juvencio Gomez, explained that besides the issue of rational utilization of mineral resources, seeks to optimize the legal regime for the preservation of communities Indigenous located in areas with large deposits.
"We must work together with the national parliament to establish actions, strategies and programmes cónsonos the policies being implemented the revolutionary government of President Hugo Chavez Frias for the stewardship of the environment and the restructuring of the mining industry in the country," said Gomez .
Both deputies noted that one can not repeat the mistake made by many legislative councils in the past, which "laws were out of order, without taking into account the constitutional framework and the draft country posed by the Bolivarian Revolution."