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10-17-2007, 01:50 PM
The Chamber of Deputies approved a legislative proposal to request the Executive Branch to withdraw Decree 1130-03, which authorizes the development of a cemetery on lands within the Mirador Norte National Park limits. The legislation was drafted by PLD Yuderka Ivelesse de la Rosa Guerrero, who argued that the park is a public asset and important natural resource that the former administration forgot about when it placed private interests above the public interest. The attempt to install a cemetery was initiated during the Mejia administration, and the case was taken to the Supreme Court which found the deal in contravention of the Constitution. In 2004 the Environmental Management office fined the cemetery management company RD$245,000 for damages done when the project was started without the necessary permits. Local residents have strongly opposed the cemetery project from the outset.
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