President of (Brazilian Mining Institute), says that the decision of the minister, of the, creates a precedent for the.
Dino used an action by IBRAM against the possibility of municipalities affected by as a correlate matter for his decision on sanctions applied by the government against the minister.
According to Jungmann, the relationship between the two cases is possible and natural.
“In the center is the defense of sovereignty. I think it is an extraordinary reaffirmation of the Supreme Court regarding the jurisdiction of Brazilian justice and the reaffirmation of the Constitution,” he said.
He stated that by filing the action against proceedings abroad, Ibram understood that the subject was broader than just the case of Mariana. “This issue involved not only mining companies, also involved the private sector that has business abroad and often needs legal certainty,” he said.
According to the president of Ibram, who was minister in the governments Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Michel Temer, the institute does not stand against the right of municipalities to receive compensation for the disaster.
“Our position is that in fact creates huge insecurity for the whole sector if you have a trial running in Brazil, which has been finalized with an agreement of $ 170 billion endorsed by the STF at the same time has other processes abroad,” he said.
Under reserve, lawyers accompanying the case expressed concern about the possible use of the action involving Mariana’s disaster for other purposes, such as sending a message to American Donald Trump. One of them argues that the municipalities only sought to have recognized their right to sue a foreign company abroad.
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