Dunes contract null and void

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The Ministry of the Environment has announced that the contract between the municipality of Bani and the Ciramar International Co. is null and void because the lands involved are inside the Felix Servio Ducoudray Scientific Reserve. According to Environment Minister Omar Ramirez, "in light of the facts we consider the contract to be null and void because it violated the law". Ramirez went on to declare that, "Nobody can sell state-owned land that is in a protected area." The minister told reporters from Listin Diario that the case was in the courts in order to establish damages and other charges. As reported, Ciramar paid RD$10 million to the municipality of Bani that authorized the sale.

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