Rutas de Lima announces legal action against MML for “unilateral decision” to end toll concessions.

Yesterday, Thursday, the Lima City Council approved the early termination of the concession agreement with Lima Route Consortiumwhich was signed in January 2013 during the administration of Mayor Susana Villarán.

At a meeting chaired by the mayor Rafael Lopez AllagaThe council unanimously approved the measure due to “affecting the public interest”. López Allaga already expressed this interest last Wednesday in his speech on the occasion of the 488th anniversary of Lima, when he pointed out that “tomorrow debrecht from here.”

O, Lima routes issued a statement today initiating legal action against Municipality of Lima (MML), in national and international instances, as they considered the decision to be devoid of “legal, contractual and/or any basis”.

questions

In a statement, the aforementioned consortium stated that the arguments put forward by the capital were “rejected” by international courts.

“Lima routes It should be noted that each of the questions Municipality of Limaas grounds for the alleged prejudice to the public interest, were submitted to and decided by the International Arbitration Tribunals, which completely rejected the arguments and theses put forward by the commune, by rendering final and non-appealable arbitral awards. said.

It also states that said courts have ratified “the full validity, force and proportionality of the Concession Agreement and other contractual agreements”.

In this sense, it is important to note that the actions Municipality of Lima He directly and grossly ignores the quality of the res judicata adopted by jurisdictional decisions, thereby proving that his decision does not meet the technical and legal criteria characteristic of the rule of law,” he said.

In addition, he highlighted the “negative consequences” of the municipality’s decision, such as the use of public resources to pay “compensations” to the company.

“In connection with the decision taken, negative consequences will arise for the city, and public resources will have to be directed to the payment of various compensations and compensations established in concession agreement, and the commune will be asked to assume a payment obligation of SGD 1,458,808,000 (one thousand four hundred and fifty eight million eight hundred and eight thousand sols) for the authorized guaranteed debt,” he stressed.

Secondly, Lima routes pointed out that mml He did not comply with the “instruction and explanation to the public opinion” that the term of the treaty would enter into force only “within a period of at least 180 calendar days from the date of official notification of this.”

Mayor says

Rafael Lopez Allaga said yesterday in television peru that no one is committed expropriation contract.

“(We) follow the rule of law, here we do not violate any rule of law, no private investment, we act in accordance with what is specified in the contract. The contract specifies that in the event of a violation of the public interest, the municipality (of Lima) has the full right to announce early termination by paying for the investment made, while the third party must determine the amount of the investment made,” he said.

In addition, the burgomaster stressed that the municipality will also check the legality of other fees in the capital, which are managed by other companies.