Piura Authorities May Turn To International Institutions In The Majaz Case

Piura Authorities May Turn to International Institutions in the Majaz Case

Lima, (CNR)

11 August 2007

The mayors of Ayabaca and Huancabamba will turn to international legal institutions if the Peru government does not respect the results of the popular referendum regarding the continuation of the Majaz mines which will be carried out in these provinces this coming September.

"We will turn to different international organizations to give us the legitimacy and the power to stand up to our government in the case that they do not respect the results of the popular consultation," said the mayor of the municipality of El Carmen de la Frontera (Huancabamba), Ismael Huayama.