Minister of Agriculture Announces Replacement Veto to Forest Fire Prevention Project
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The Minister of Agriculture, Jaime Campos, announced that the government will present a substitute veto to the bill regulating the prevention of forest and rural fires, an initiative that was under discussion in the Chamber of Deputies. The secretary of state said that the executive has reservations about its content and will seek to incorporate matters that, in his opinion, were not sufficiently addressed during the legislative process.
The Republican MP supported the Executive’s decision to push for changes to the text and valued the Forest Fire Protection Plan 2026-2027, which includes resources for $166.6 billion. In addition, she questioned the project for lack of concrete prevention measures and imposing new obligations on smallholders without providing sufficient funding to meet them. The [...]
In the framework of the vote on the report of the Joint Committee in the Lower House, the Minister of Agriculture, Jaime Campos, announced that the Executive will resort to a substitute veto to incorporate compensations to forest owners and funds for municipalities, questioning the funding of the project.
José Antonio Rivas (PS), Jaime Bassa (FA), Sofía González (PC) and Valentina Cáceres (FA) expressed concern about the announcement of the executive's veto, warning that they could delay the final adoption of a regulation that has been under discussion for more than three years.
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