But project remains halted over dispute to connect to community well
Inhabitants of El Chante have expressed their disagreement with the project and the City Hall by means of signs and protests. Photo: Héctor Ruiz Mejía.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía (Jocotepec).- Residents of El Chante and the Municipal Government of Jocotepec resumed talks after disputes over a construction project to connect the water well that supplies water to the community with a real estate development located on Ribera Del Lago street, which has provoked anger and indignation in the residents.
Last Tuesday, February 15, negotiations were resumed when both parties met tgo try to mitigate the friction and inform the community about the project. The meeting was not attended by the municipal president José Miguel Gómez López, but the municipal trustee Carlos Alberto Zúñiga Chacón was present on his behalf, as well as the councilmembers Hugo García «Bombín» of FUTURO, José Manuel «Manolo» Haro Chacón of the Green Party, and Nancy Pérez Lupercio, Director of Citizen Participation.
The representatives presented a series of documents showing the «legitimacy» of the development under construction known as Ribera Capital Living S. A. P. I. de C. V., a multi-family housing development of 25 apartments. The project had legally obtained approval for its feasibility reports i, according to documentation delivered to the community.
Other documents presented included the surveyor’s report, the construction license granted under permit 2521/2018-2021, and payment vouchers for permits totaling 718,935 pesos.
The meeting ended with the inhabitants of El Chante agreeing that they will review the information received, but for the time being the project will remain suspended.
Protests were carried out by the citizens on February 4 and 8, where the protesters chanted “The people, united, will never be defeated,» and displayed banners with messages such as «This well is ours,” causing the closure of the dialogue with the City Hall.
José Miguel Gómez López sent a messge through his social networks that El Chante would be left without the support provided by the project, «despite the fact that the construction company had done everything right and that there would be other communities that would use the resources.”
Felipe Aguilar Montes de Oca, director of Social Communication, stated that, in the event of receiving a negative response from the community to the project for the renovation of water and sewage networks, the delegation of San Juan Cosalá is already being considered as the possible beneficiary.
Translated by Sandy Britton
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