Peasant Coordinator rejects resettlement plan for the Río Indio reservoir. Social organizations demand the suspension of the hydroelectric project and propose a real dialogue table to evaluate alternatives such as Lake Bayano. They criticize the request to sign resettlement plans without an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), which is not expected to be delivered until December. Technical concerns and proposals. The peasant organization denounces the dismissal of the technical considerations by the Panamanian Society of Engineers and Architects (SPIA), whose report states that the Río Indio reservoir is not the only solution nor the most efficient in the long term. According to the complainants, the lands offered for relocation do not have the resources of their current territories, and the owners of the destination lands have also expressed dissatisfaction with the payments offered by the ACP. In this situation, the Coordinator proposes to suspend the project and establish a Regional Dialogue Table that includes peasants from the Río Indio, Caño Sucio, and Coclé del Norte basins. They request that the Lake Bayano alternative be considered objectively through the analysis of independent specialists and that the ACP make public the studies that justify Río Indio as the best option, guaranteeing access to public information. According to the organization, the promised social license has not been fulfilled, nor have residents been effectively consulted, who assert that their voices have not been heard in the resettlement planning process. Irregularities in censuses and legal compliance. The complaint highlights that the figures for affected families handled by the ACP are significantly lower than reality. The group states that the impact will not be limited to 500 families, but will reach 13,640 people in the basin, severely affecting the flora, fauna, and natural resources of the area.
