Ngäbe-Buglé Indians Trying To Decide Whether To Protest, Or Not
San Felix, Chiriqui - Riot control officers of the National Police are waiting at the intersection of San Felix, in San Lorenzo and Vigui to prevent the closure of the Inter American highway by the indigenous peoples of the Coalition for the Defense of People's Rights Ngäbe-Bugle, who announced protests over the removal of an article from the bill that regulates mining in the country. Meanwhile, in the Plaza of San Felix, the indigenous Indians are organizing to make their demonstrations, over the way in which Bill No. 415 was presented to the full National Assembly. The Commerce Commission of the National Assembly approved on January 25, unanimously and in the first debate, Bill No.415, which established a special regime of mineral resources, water and environment in the Ngäbe-Bugle comarca. The bill consists of nine items and was approved by the Deputies who are the members of the Committee on Commerce, after several months of meetings with the Indians in an ad hoc committee. So now the Indians do not understand why the article was removed from the consensus bill. (Prensa)
Editor's Comment: Obvious question - what did the article that was removed from the bill say?
