challenge the judge ORDÓÑEZ CHEVRON TO AVOID JUDGEMENT
oil company challenged the trial judge in an attempt to evade their responsibilities for environmental damage in the provinces of Orellana and Sucumbios
Nueva Loja, September 15, 2010 .- A new attempt to delay the Ecuadorian justice warn 30 000 affected by pollution from the oil company Chevron-Texaco in the province of Orellana and Sucumbios.
Another example of this abuse of the right intentions became clear in late August this year when the Chevron-Texaco filed for disqualification of trial judge, Dr. Leonardo Ordóñez, President of the Court justice of the province of Sucumbios, who conducts a trial against the oil company.
The purpose of this challenge is that Judge Ordonez is replaced by his deputy, who according to the law it has to bear the trial of Dr. Juan Nunez. Luis Yanza, coordinator of the Assembly of People Affected by Texaco, said that the applicants do not mind the judge to take the case. " The only thing we serve whoever is attached to the law and not allow further abuse the law committed by Chevron ."
how are you some action plaintiffs filed for surveillance. The purpose is to prevent Chevron-Texaco to continue corrupting the judicial process. Yanza also called on the national and international public opinion to strengthen surveillance to the actions of Chevron.
Since the case began in 2003, the process has gone through six judges. They have all acted honestly and are therefore attacked by the oil, and the evidence: three of them have been challenged.
also affected defense attorneys determined that there a strategy orchestrated by the Chevron-Texaco that has as main purpose to prevent the Ecuadorian judges delivered a ruling once and for all against the oil and force them to pay the $ 27.3 trillion to remedy the environmental damage caused cultural and health of the communities that lived and inhabit the area operated by this company.
With this added challenge and three those brought by the Chevron-Texaco, shows enough that this company will only intention is to extend the justice system while seeking a judge to suit their interests.
According Pablo Fajardo, a lawyer for the victims, Chevron-Texaco has come to present to the trial judge, over 104 written in just five months (April to August 2010) all for the purpose of delay and staining process. On average about a letter a day. None of the letters points to rebut the substance of the trial, which is the harmful pollution and death caused by Chevron-Texaco, but his only goal is to prolong the process of the process and divert the attention of the judge on the merits of the trial.
For example, there are days like Aug. 5 that in half an hour the Chevron-Texaco submitted 19 letters or petitions to the judge, that is, on average were introduced to process a request each minute and a half . Fajardo wonder if that is not strongly interfere and try to spot the trial and avoid a conviction. " only in our country and our justice dare doing this, "said Fajardo," I wonder if American judges would allow them to do something similar in the courts of his country. A justice that has taken 17 years to reach is no longer justice, "said Fajardo.
For all these reasons and because of fears that the Chevron-Texaco is that the Ecuadorian courts issued a landmark ruling against perpetrated by pollution, is that it challenged the trial judge warned, lawyers for the victims.
DAMAGE TO HUMANS ARE THE FUND'S TRIAL
Chevron-Texaco While attempts to delay and terminate others just beginning their problem. The stories of pain, suffering and drama are counted every day in the provinces of Orellana and Sucumbios, in 80 affected communities.
People living near the wells that have not yet been remedied and who should take water from streams and rivers to prepare meals, laundry, bathing see how this affected not only the environment but it is diminishing day by day, his health.
Humberto Piaguaje, Sequoia national leader, said: " M Iles people have died from cancer and others are sick and will die while not repair the environmental damage left by Chevron in our Amazon. Therefore, these criminals are doing everything possible not to see justice for their crimes unpunished " stressed
A technical report contained in the book entitled" Sacahpi Tapusa " , made between 1998 and 2003, says that people living in the area of \u200b\u200binfluence of crude oil are likely to have this type of disease 3.6 times more than the rest of the population, the reason: the presence of chemicals found in soil and rivers in the area that Texaco operated for 26 years.
Eighteen members of eight communities rivers are polluted with chemical components of oil. In some, as in the case of the Junk river pollutants exceeds the limit of 100% standards set by the European Community. These chemicals cause, mainly cancer to the stomach, liver, blood and uterus.
Assembly of People Affected by Texaco
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