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05-02-2007, 06:40 PM
Following last week's court decision obliging the metro office (OPRET) to hand over the geological studies for the metro, OPRET director Diandino Pena has warned journalist Huchi Lora that he will bear full responsibility for any future terrorist attack on the metro as a result of the publication of what he considers confidential information. Pena has argued that nowhere in the world are plans for a metro, an airport or government headquarters released to the public. Pena announced that he received the court documents yesterday and that his lawyers were studying the case to ascertain whether the court had interpreted the Law on Free Access to Information correctly.
Yesterday, Pena visited the Presidential Administrative Secretary's office and spoke to the press afterwards.
Lora obtained a positive verdict from the court requiring Pena to release the information in accordance with the Free Access to Information Act. Lora explained that what he is seeking to determine is whether the plans have been duly approved by the Ministry of Public Works, or if the metro department was working on its own. Lora has requested to see the appropriate Ministry of Public Work certification of the plans for the Villa Mella overpass, the protective plating in the underground tunnels, the stations, and the approved plans for the avenues that border the Isabela and Ozama rivers.
Geologist Osiris de Leon has frequently criticized the lack of adequate studies that would have reduced the amount of improvisations that have been necessary, adding to the cost of the project.
Meanwhile, Senate president and PLD congressional spokesman Reinaldo Pared Perez commented on the geological studies in an interview with Listin Diario: "If the geological studies were carried out, they should be made public. If they were not carried out, they should just admit this, because it is a very important project and the point is that it needs to be carried out correctly, with all the studies that ensure that in the future, once it is in operation there are no accidents or catastrophes."
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Yesterday, Pena visited the Presidential Administrative Secretary's office and spoke to the press afterwards.
Lora obtained a positive verdict from the court requiring Pena to release the information in accordance with the Free Access to Information Act. Lora explained that what he is seeking to determine is whether the plans have been duly approved by the Ministry of Public Works, or if the metro department was working on its own. Lora has requested to see the appropriate Ministry of Public Work certification of the plans for the Villa Mella overpass, the protective plating in the underground tunnels, the stations, and the approved plans for the avenues that border the Isabela and Ozama rivers.
Geologist Osiris de Leon has frequently criticized the lack of adequate studies that would have reduced the amount of improvisations that have been necessary, adding to the cost of the project.
Meanwhile, Senate president and PLD congressional spokesman Reinaldo Pared Perez commented on the geological studies in an interview with Listin Diario: "If the geological studies were carried out, they should be made public. If they were not carried out, they should just admit this, because it is a very important project and the point is that it needs to be carried out correctly, with all the studies that ensure that in the future, once it is in operation there are no accidents or catastrophes."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)