Tuesday September 4, 2007
compensation of $ 18,000 mills.:
Users have massive lawsuit against Transantiago
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low, to 39.1%, supporting the Bachelet government Adimark survey attributed to dissatisfaction with the public transport plan.
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Tuesday September 4, 2007
go to court to seek redress:
Transantiago Users sue the State of 17,500 million pesos VALENZUELA CAROLINA
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CAROLINA VALENZUELA
A claim against the Treasury for a total of $ 17,500 million pesos yesterday presented a group of 879 Transantiago users have been heavily damaged ensure their quality of life since the beginning of the new transport system, in February.
The plaintiffs, lawyers sponsored by Philip Betancourt and Marco Antonio Sepúlveda, demanding compensation of $ 20 million each for moral damages suffered as a result of travel problems.
"The damage is to the quality of life in the broadest sense, produced by the poor design and implementation of public transport system, which is responsible for the treasury," argued the lawyer Betancourt.
The practitioner explained that most of the plaintiffs "have had to endure humiliation, long walks, overcrowding, family problems and even loss of job opportunities due to system failures."
legal action, the widest in the number of applicants so far presented on the occasion of Transantiago, is directed against the State of Chile and should be handled by the 11 th Civil Court of Santiago.
"demand is greater because the damage has never been extended by the state," the lawyer said Sepúlveda.
Most users who demand to be compensated Neighborhood belong to different districts of Santiago. Antonia Rojas explained, the union community of Lo Espejo, the decision to take legal action was taken between various citizen groups, due to pressure from the neighbors, who were "really upset" because the buses no longer pass for their sectors as before.
"I do not need the mic to let us come to the door of the house, but that pass relatively close, because there are many seniors who simply can not walk dozens of blocks to access to the transportation," said the neighborhood leader.
Betancourt's attorney said that no political motivation after the application and stated that the initiative to go to court arose from the concern of a small group of neighbors. But, as reported, was gradually spreading the word, and increased the number of applicants to 879.
"These poor people than before Transantiago had a decent life, and now has a deplorable life," he said the professional. Claims
LIDIA SILVA
Leader of Lo Espejo
"We have affected our dignity, our pocket, our family relationship. My son lost his job because he had no way to go." JUAN
Neighbor SAFE
Lo Espejo "To go to the Barros Luco Hospital the other day I had to get up at 4 am, to make it. Now, to come here, I came in one of those gadgets that removed." Antonio Rojas
Leader
Florida
"We had four lines passing through the neighborhood, and now there is only one and goes a long way off. We wanted someone to do something, but nobody paid attention, so we came to the courts. " PROCESSING
the claim against the State of Chile will be processed by the 11 th Civil Court of Santiago.
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