Some interesting reporting from this article talking about Ricardo Lagos and his poor conduct while facing questioning from Lopehandia's Lawyer, Juan Guillermo Torres.
Next up, Soledad Alvear on Friday at 9:30. Alvear was present in court but asked for an extension likely due to the fact the judge didn't except Lagos written statements. You can sense these politicians having to tip toe through Barricks fraud.
We all want you he BCSC invited, I mean all they have to do is be truthful right? What's to fear! LOL
Google Translated:
The former president was presented Wednesday in court to testify in the lawsuit over ownership of the land where the mining project of Barrick Gold is emplaced: "As President of the Republic only apply the integration agreement and mining complementation" is defends the former head of state.
Wednesday morning, former President Ricardo Lagos Escobar declared at the 23rd Civil Court of Santiago as a witness, by litigation owned land where the Pascua Lama mining project is located.
The hearing lasted about 20 minutes and also attended by the former foreign minister Soledad Alvear, who like the now presidential aspirant, were subpoenaed by the magistrate in charge as citizens.
The prosecutor of the case lawyer, Juan Guillermo Torres, welcomed the statement by the ombudsman, although in a previous citation did not attend, so the court had to order the new legal warning notification arrest.
"Since the same statement by former President Lagos shows that had effect on the date of 2004 a precautionary measure to celebrate acts of contract in respect of a group of mining pertinences treasure. Those are the basic facts that allow me to assess the exposure I made former president, although the outside said it was absurd diligence, "he said.
The lawyer added that the hearing was not without anomalies. In the first part, he said the former president began to read a text containing his statement, something that in civil trial not for being corrected by the magistrate.
As reported by the lawyer Torres, this caused obfuscation Ricardo Lagos, who began directing his remarks against the person of the plaintiff attorney and enrostrándole as former President of the Republic, which was also corrected by the trial judge.
"By the time I make a question is addressed directly to me, in civil matters that can not be done, therefore I said that was not directed at me, then the judge found me why although lawyers Council State Defense they were opposing, arguing that it was a former president of the Republic, and that tells me anyway, I cited as a citizen and because of that, is that I want the law to apply. That finally caused him to obfuscate greatly and finally left the court despising the statement, but we deeply value and the goals set by my client were met, "he said.
The lawyer of businessman Jorge Lopehandia, who claims ownership of the territories where the project is located Canadian Barrick Gold, said the former foreign minister Soledad Alvear, present at the hearing, requested through a written extension of his statement, the which was accepted by the judge, who determined that on Friday 14 at 9.30 am, it must be submitted in the same civil court.
In the written statement, he consulted Ricardo Lagos in his capacity as attorney if he knew the legal effect of the issuance of an injunction to celebrate acts and contracts, said:
"I know of no facts or circumstances proving legal or constitutional violations with respect to the mentioned Decree approving the Additional Protocol to the mining integration treaty No. 179".
Add the former president, through its textual statement: "As President of the Republic only apply the integration agreement and mining complementation establishes the possibility of creating a perimeter vi national in which freely circulate goods and / or persons in order to facilitate mining when the site is located on land belonging to Chile and Argentina. The mere listing in an annex to what those mineral deposits within the perimeter means no pronouncement of the President of the Republic or the Chancellor of Chile on the ownership of listed belongings, "concludes Ricardo Lagos in his statement.
After his story and visibly befuddled, former president he described the citation as absurd.
Recall that this conflict dates back to 2001 when businessman Jorge Lopehandia, in partnership with Mountain Gold Star INC. claimed to be the rightful owner of the land where the project company Barrick Gold is located, therefore, they denounce the illegal extraction of metals by the Canadian transnational.
Ricardo Lagos signed in 2004 the Memorandum of Understanding between Chile and Argentina that enabled the development of this binational project and therefore is that the complaining party required the former President and former Foreign Minister Soledad Alvear declared by this case .
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