Supreme Court Warns Risks of “Legal Uncertainty” in Kast Reconstruction Plan
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The full court of the Supreme Court gave the Chamber of Deputies and President José Antonio Kast a report in which it analyzed the National Reconstruction Bill announced by the Executive.The report, signed by the President of the Court, Gloria Ana Chevesich, analyzed the key legislative battery for the Kast administration, an initiative that contemplates more than 40 measures in four central areas: physical, economic, institutional and fiscal re…
The Supreme Court stresses the need for adjustments to the reconstruction law, generating controversy over compensation to companies affected by environmental decisions.
“That, according to the above, the ‘Draft Law for National Reconstruction and Economic and Social Development’ introduces, among other matters, modifications to the environmental assessment regime, to the system of contesting Environmental Qualification Resolutions and to the competences of the Environmental Courts. As consulted, its main effects are concentrated in articles 13 N°6, 16, 18 final paragraph and 19. All of which deserve differentia…
The report of the highest court points out that the proposal "innovates significantly in environmental management, by allowing the Treasury to assume costs arising from a private investment whose environmental rating decision was judicially overturned."
Provisions seeking to remove environmental permits were criticized for generating tax debts, inhibiting court decisions and creating high legal uncertainty.
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