There is still no decision in the background on the recovery of San Jose Galleon

The Administrative Court of Cundinamarca only ruled on part of the popular action brought by several lawyers and academics more than a month ago. According to the decision, it is not necessary to order precautionary measures. However, the judicial process is still ongoing

A great tumult caused a decision of the administrative court of Cundinamarca in a trial that took place more than a month ago on the Extraction of Galón San José from Colombian waters. This is a car in which the court refused precautionary measures that lawyers and academics had requested through a popular action. In this lawsuit, the plaintiffs ask to stop the process and realize that the Colombian state is responsible for all the extraction of the treasure, instead of a foreign company as it is envisaged in the process that initiated the President Juan Manuel Santos more than two years ago

(In context: The current of the tide by the Galleon of San Jose)

The Court explained in the court decision that there is currently no prejudice to the rights of the plaintiffs, because the extraction process has not even begun and, therefore, it is n & # 39; There was no evidence that allowed him to grant precautionary measures. However, this does not mean that the state has the opportunity to extract valuable coins that have been under the sea since 1708 because, for this to be the case, the Administrative Court of Cundinamarca must fail on the merits. popular action to prevent the recovery of treasure in the hands of foreign companies through a public-private partnership (PPP).

In dialogue with El Espectador one of the plaintiffs' lawyers, César Augusto Duarte Acosta, pointed out that the decision of the Court is different from the substance of the case, which is precisely who will take the Gallon from the sea. " The most important thing in this process is that it establishes that the organizer can not collect his work with items that lie in the Galleon but that he is paid with money.This is not only intended to protect the cultural heritage of the country, but also that of humanity, "said Mr. Duarte [19659005] (You may be interested: the government suspends the auction for the company that will save the Galleon of San Jose)

Fears in front of the ship sunk in 1708 by an English ship in the Bay of Cartagena, is that its remains are in the hands of the treasure hunters . "The story does not We will not forgive that some new and sophisticated conquerors, known in the words of Unesco, as treasure hunters, with gadgets and supposed advantages of the same value as the seductive mirrors of this dangerous time, are plundering us. again, take a flight from Galeón ", says the popular action that has not yet been decided.

For its part, the Ministry of Culture, through a press release published on its website, said that with this solution to precautionary measures, the process to find the company to take the l & # 39; 39; APP. The ministerial portfolio indicated that until August 10, the bidders would be invited to submit their proposals in order to be the winners of this valuable project. For Duarte, although the Court's decision is respectable and respected, it does not mean that there is a substantive decision.

(Read also: Transparency, which is most claimed in the process of San Jose Galleon) [19659005] According to the lawyer, the next government will have to act on the issue to define what will happen with this negotiation, which was conducted by President Juan Manuel Santos until now. While the position of the government of Iván Duque is known, the Superior Court of Cundinamarca still has to resolve in depth the petitions raised by the plaintiffs who do not hesitate to badert that the rules of the APP should change so the company that helps to get the galleon out of the sea can not be paid with the valuable items that are found there.