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De Len lashes out at John Garca after accusing him of supporting "criminal mining exploitation"
EL NUEVO DIARIO, SANTO DOMINGO.- The geologist Osiris de Len, lashed out this Thursday against the spokesman for the People's Force, John Garca, after he accused him of supporting "criminal mining exploitation."
Through various posts on the social network Twitter, De Len launched strong arguments against Garca, who insisted on alluding that the geology expert supports mining because he works for the Dominican Mining Corporation (Cormidom).
"Are you going to deny that you work for Cormidom?" Garcia, who was president of the Federation of Dominican Students (FED) of the UASD, tweeted. To which Osiris replied: “Look at my position in Cormidom. I was called, together with the director of Mining, so that he, as an authority, and I, as an expert in geology, mining, and geotechnics, could help design an effective and successful rescue of 2 workers trapped by a large landslide. It was a free service." "I hope that in San Juan the show business will RT democracy," he said in another publication.
On the same social network, the geologist continued arguing his position and told his accuser that when Garca studies geology and the environment he will see why the government, the press and society consider him an expert and that Garca is not even listened to. .
It is recalled that on Tuesday, December 20, De Len asked the people of San Juan de la Maguana to have faith and give the mining sector a chance, because this extraction activity would no longer be done as in the past and there are also regulations that they regulate it.
At that time, he reiterated that the fact that gold and copper extraction takes place to the north of the Sabaneta dam, near the channel of the San Juan River, does not imply that the mining operation contaminates the river.