The Constitutional Court upheld the constitutional claim against the mining bill presented in December 2009 by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), water boards and farmers. However, the current National Assembly should define a mechanism through which to ensure that before a mining must be completed prior consultation process. Source: El Universo
19/03/2010.
Yesterday, the full Court analyzed for more than eight hours this document and decided the "constitutionality," said agency president, Patricio Pazmino. That is, with this figure is recognized the legality of the procedures used to obtain the views of the people and communities before the approval of the mining law. At that time there was no rule governing pre-legislative consultation (working on 'Congresillo').
With this figure, the current National Assembly should establish a mechanism through which to ensure that before a mining operation must comply with a prior consultation process.
The judges of the second chamber of the Constitutional Court, which gave rise to the demand analysis presented yesterday morning three reports indistinct because it did not reach a consensus.
Ecologists, "infantile left" (as named by His Majesty) and a group of indigenous mobilization scheduled for January 20 in protest of the Mining Act which received partial veto (actually approval) of President Correa. However, it was almost a birth of the mountains ... or has failed. 
In retaliation for the protests mentioned "higher order" withdrew 12 million USD (yes, doooooooce million) CODENPE (Development Council of Nationalities and Peoples of Ecuador). Do not tell me that there are other reasons such as administrative streamlining of resources or some other trifles, it is very clear the "coincidence" between the protests and the withdrawal of funds as they affect a large number of projects in different communities. Http://bonilperiodismo.blogspot.com/2009/01/ecologistas-infantiles-de-izquierda.html 
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