The miners of the municipality Raul Leoni will receive an economic remuneration by tickets given during the mining reconversion, many of which were not paid and are briefed in the National Assembly.

Natalie Garci'a
Photo William Urdaneta

The miners left contentments the meeting although they request that this time really they fulfill the promises to them

In spite of his appreciation, the representative affirmed that by orders it express of president Hugo Chávez, to the miners would pay ticket given - to previous establishment by the Ministry of the Popular Power for the Atmosphere in the middle of the alliance town-Government to them carried out in the Paragua, municipality Raul Leoni.

In addition to this the old ones dedicated to the mining will have a pension that helps them, and that has not been benefitted by the reconversion they will be able to present/display projects to stop being miners and to dedicate itself to any other activity.

The mining evacuations, as already it had announced, will let become only by the civil employees of the Theater of Operations Nº 5, since these will act jointly with a commission of the Mibam, this way are avoided the "excesses" of the military on the mineral orerators.

It was the concessions
Another one of the commitments assumed by Sanz was the exit of all those that are in the river basin of the Caroní, including the concessions Felipe I and II and Nur, property of Ibrahim Salloum. The rafts that are in the Paragua river near the indigenous population the Casabe, also will leave, and thus all the concessions in Areas Under Regime of Special Administration, without exception.

On the other hand the rational operation of the mining in sites identified by the Mibam will be fomented, which will be revealed at the opportune moment by the minister. Until now information is had that 24 thousand hectares of the Manteco will be available for the relocation of the miners of the Paragua and municipality Great Savannah, these last ones could be removed in the next months.

More control
Sanz indicated that it will attack the contraband of gold because this one will have to be sold to the Venezuelan State and not inescrupulous retailers who soon remove it from the country. "This I relax is necessary to finish it, I yes am going to present/display a proposal to them to the operation of gold in an area that I am going to control, who we are going to control the production because which is the problem, to have a worthy entrance to gain the life and to live or to become rich lavishly finishing yet what he is".

As central points the minister committed to the recognition of tickets and installation of the technical commission to review them, the creation of a commission of projects, the aid to the third age and leisure with relocation of the miners of the river basin of the Caroní and Wednesday - next the amount of tickets to pay to the miners.

Teresa de Millán, mining representative, thanked for to the minister the announcements and commented that he waits for finally the solution to the problems of the mining population of the Paragua that as much has suffered by the reconversion. On the other hand, Alfredo Villanueva invited the old miners to register east Saturday in the seat of the Ministry of Mines to enter the aid program that the minister raised.

The next Wednesday minister Rodolfo Sanz will meet with the miners of Icabarú, in the municipality Great Savannah, to settle details of which he will become in this so fragile zone from the ecological point of view.

On the following day, Thursday, will go for the Paragua like part of the commitment with this town so struck by the mining reconversion.

And it is that the regional and national Government has an enormous moral debt with these vejadas people who were mistreated and in the middle of evacuations not yet clarified.