With the Article 22 of the National Plan of Development, the Drummond wins and the state loses.

The National Development Plan in Colombia which is pending in Congress, includes an article that seeks to automatically extend the contracts of mining contribution not agreed to have extensions.

This was denounced by House Representative for the Party of the U of the Department of Cesar, Christian José Moreno Villamizar, who said that the adoption of Article 22 of the Law Project on the National Development Plan, makes the Drummond, a coal multinational company operating in Cesar, wins and while the nation loses.

The parliament representative recalled that in mining matters the Colombian government signed the contract 078 1988, which does not express possibilities for extension.

Communique to the municipal, departmental, and national public opinion

COMMUNIQUÉ TO THE MUNICIPAL, DEPARTMENTAL, AND NATIONAL PUBLIC OPINION

We, The political organizations signing below, after meeting in the headquarters of Sintracarbon located in the city of Riohacha, La Guajira, on July 19 2012, wish to express to the local, departmental, and national public opinion our position and arguments regarding the mining projects in La Guajira, the change of the course of the Ranchería River, the modification of the Cañaverales Spring, and the new royalties’ regime: