Panama’s Supreme Court questioned on end of mining

Panama, Feb 29 (Prensa Latina) Members of the Pueblo Unido por la Vida alliance will rally in front of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) of Panama to demand that it enforce its ruling on the unconstitutionality of a mining contract.

February 29, 2024
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One of the spokespersons for this group, the general secretary of the National Confederation of Independent Trade Union Unity (CONUSI), Marco Andrade, explained to Prensa Latina that the groups will take to the streets again like in late 2023, due to non-compliance with a closure plan of Minera Panama, a subsidiary of the Canadian transnational First Quantum.

In October and November last year, he recalled, the people spoke loud and clear in mass demonstrations nationwide in rejection of open-pit metal mining.

We will use all means and the concentration in front of the CSJ is to demand once again the enforcement of the ruling that declared Law 406 illegal, which endorses this mining pact, which is harmful to Panama’s sovereignty, he said.

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