VHeadline Venezuela News reports: Bolivar State Legislative Council (CLEB) councillor Juan Linares is highlighting the illegal deforestation of more than two thousand trees in the area of El Tigrito and La Broma in the Cedeno municipality of southeastern Bolivar State. Linares says the situation is very grave considering the multiplicity of complaints raised over illegal exploitation of lumber and forest resources and that in one particular case, he alleges that regional officials from the Ministry of the Environment (MinAmb) were implicit in delivering the wood in La Broma to the lumber exploiting companies.
Linares says that as a result of his request that Environment (MinAmb) 3rd District Supervisor, Hugo Nunez, should immediately be dismissed for "culpably complacent attitudes" together with the former coordinator of the National Land Institute (INTI), Pier Damian Plancheta, and two beneficiaries of the MinAmb logging permits, Hermes Luces and Clayre Cervantes.
The councillor says that charges against the accused have been "fully verified and presented in full chamber of the Legislature" which took the decision to dismiss and to file criminal and administrative charges for the crime of serious damage caused to the environment in the General Manuel Broma Cedeno municipality by the illegal deforestation of natural tree species by fraudulently obtaining permits, with the proven involvement of MinAmb officials.
"The Legislative Council has asked the Attorney General of the Republic to appoint a special prosecutor to objectively address objectively the charges."
Linares adds that he is certain that MinAmb-Bolivar has "openly and contrary to reason and logic failed to do its duty ... the Attorney General of the Republic has been met with silence since they have favored the actions of environmental predators and timber smugglers ... MinAmb Vice Minister Merlys Garcia must visit Bolivar State again to decide what is to be done with the lumber seized from organized crime activities (in her ministry) which have issued permits totally ignoring the decisions of this parliament and, based on this evidence, that they should be removed from office forthwith." He says that previous complaints lodged with MinAmb had been sent to the accused who had manipulated their excuses.
MinAmb regional director Hugo Nunez, Linares claims, is directly involved in a series of other cases of deforestation in El Tigre where sawmills have been operating illegally, with unauthorized environmental permit extensions granted by Nunez without any further authority.
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