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09-13-2007, 05:50 PM
Kelvin Guerrero, member of the Coalition for Protected Areas, says that the recent statement by the Jorge Subero Isa on the need for a special court to manage environmental matters to confront depredators of the sector, is "ironic, disrespectful and mocks the intelligence of Dominicans." Subero Isa proposed the new court during a FINJUS-organized conference on Monday after stating that violations to Environmental Law 64-00 continue to occur due to bad government policies and the lack of penalties.
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Guerrero criticizes that the Supreme Court had the opportunity to rule against the "aberrant and inapplicable" Sectorial Law on Protected Areas (Law 2002-04 of 30 July 2004), when the Coalition for the Defense of Protected Areas took the legislation all the way to the Supreme Court for charges of violation of the Constitution.
"Apparently, Subero Isa does not understand that many of the problems that are affecting natural resources and protected areas, the same ones that he is denouncing today, and of which he was warned, are happening precisely because of the approval of that Sectorial Law," writes Guerrero.
Guerrero is also critical of the almost year long time it took for the 15 judges of the Supreme Court to issue their opinion on the request for violation of the Constitution. This was finally issued on 9 February 2005, with what he describes as "very empty and insufficient and even ridiculous."
"My final deduction is that we are in a situation where "he who creates the game, makes the cheats," and no matter how much we may complain and protest, they care very little, because rhetoric and peaceful protests will never result in their losing their jobs, and thus they act in this manner," writes Guerrero.
He also comments that the same can be said of previous government officers that when they were in power also failed to act in favor of the environment. He laments the much-used justification of environmental law dispositions on grounds that "the others did it too."
Guerrero called for a stepping up of actions, for moving from rhetoric in the environmental movement to exemplary actions. "The day will come when the screw will not be able to be tightened any more, and something will happen, and then maybe they will pay attention," he concludes.
Guerrero can be contacted at kaguerrero@hotmail.com
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http://www.hoy.com.do/article.aspx?id=124821
Guerrero criticizes that the Supreme Court had the opportunity to rule against the "aberrant and inapplicable" Sectorial Law on Protected Areas (Law 2002-04 of 30 July 2004), when the Coalition for the Defense of Protected Areas took the legislation all the way to the Supreme Court for charges of violation of the Constitution.
"Apparently, Subero Isa does not understand that many of the problems that are affecting natural resources and protected areas, the same ones that he is denouncing today, and of which he was warned, are happening precisely because of the approval of that Sectorial Law," writes Guerrero.
Guerrero is also critical of the almost year long time it took for the 15 judges of the Supreme Court to issue their opinion on the request for violation of the Constitution. This was finally issued on 9 February 2005, with what he describes as "very empty and insufficient and even ridiculous."
"My final deduction is that we are in a situation where "he who creates the game, makes the cheats," and no matter how much we may complain and protest, they care very little, because rhetoric and peaceful protests will never result in their losing their jobs, and thus they act in this manner," writes Guerrero.
He also comments that the same can be said of previous government officers that when they were in power also failed to act in favor of the environment. He laments the much-used justification of environmental law dispositions on grounds that "the others did it too."
Guerrero called for a stepping up of actions, for moving from rhetoric in the environmental movement to exemplary actions. "The day will come when the screw will not be able to be tightened any more, and something will happen, and then maybe they will pay attention," he concludes.
Guerrero can be contacted at kaguerrero@hotmail.com
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)