Tehran, YJC. The Majlis Council of Mines has said that the divestiture of mines 2 and 3 of the Golgohar complex are illegal.
Dariush Esmaili, Majlis Supreme
Committee of Mines Investigator pointing to the divestiture of mines 2 and 3 of
Golgohar, Sirjan, said that the government has not had enough privileges to
give them over.
The possession of the
mines was given over to the Social Security Organization as compensation for
debts.
Esmaili said that as the
mines concerned are according to a new mine law considered as major mines, where
the government is not the only party to decide.
He asserted that all decisions
on the affairs of major mines must be made with the consent of the Majlis Supreme
Council of Mines.
"The other point is that
in giving over the mines, the previous year’s budget law is being referred to,
which is three twelfth of the current years’, whereas with the new year’s
budget passed and introduced, the two mentioned laws are not consultable and
the government must make reference to the current year’s law,” he further
pointed out.
He added "In the current
year’s budget law, the divestiture of mines was included in the act proposed by
the government, but the Majlis excluded it, so mines are not included in the
governmental budget.”
He also stated that the
act raises some concern because it is done just a few days before the end of the
current administration.