Executive fears demonstrations on Monday in the area, when Ditch hydroelectric future. Minutes after 15 pm yesterday, the Environment Minister, Maria Ignacia Benitez, arrived at La Moneda, to meet the government's communications equipment.
The issue: the concern of the Executive to key vote next Monday that will define the future of power generation project HidroAysén. That day, the environmental assessment committee, composed of 12 officials of Region XI-ditch whether to authorize construction of five hydroelectric dams on the Baker and Pascua rivers, with U.S. $ 3,200 million investment.
The issue has triggered strong criticism from environmental organizations and a strong concern of the Executive to any protests.
Thus, in La Moneda say they already started working in the implementation of a special security plan, coordinated by the Ministry of Interior and the quartermaster-around Monday's meeting in Coyhaique, to be held in the office of the Environmental Assessment.
The government expects to place hundreds of people come to demonstrate against the project. Therefore, it will have a large contingent of police.
In the days before the Intendant Pilar Cuevas has warned that SEREMIS Coin to participate in the vote have been serious threats if they support the adoption of HidroAysén. This is given by the Executive to environmental organizations.
Part of the campaign of these groups, if anything, has been denounced any "conflict of interest" in the SEREMIS when evaluating the authorization of the plant. This product, already have been disabled SEREMIS Housing, Mining, Economics and Environment.
They will be replaced by other officials.
The security plan had been discussed on Tuesday at a meeting in La Moneda attended Benitez, Cuevas and Segpres ministers, Christian Larroulet; Segegob, Ena von Baer and Deputy Secretary of Interior Rodrigo Ubilla.
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SEREMIS Threats to have caused particular concern in the government. That is why ministers have contacted these representatives.
One of them was the Minister of Energy and Mining, Laurence Golborne. Have said his close, Secretary of State has told SEREMIS should be reassured to threats that have government backing to the decision they make, and should not be feared.
have sent the same message Larroulet, Benitez and Economy Minister, Juan Andrés Fontaine.
In parallel, the currency has promoted the parliamentary travel officers on election day, in response to an opposition offensive.
However, although admittedly it is a complex scenario, the analysis suggests that Palace, the project is approved, there is room to absorb the political cost.
One argument is the existing institutions in the country, forcing the company to incur large costs to comply go with the modifications asked for the project could eventually be approved.
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