Overview
- After scheduling a vote for Nov. 18, the Energy and Mines Commission delayed consideration of the Reinfo bill to Nov. 25, keeping the outcome unresolved.
- The predictamen proposes validity through December 2027 or until a new MAPE law takes effect, suspends ongoing exclusion procedures, and allows the roughly 50,000 removed registrants to return if they meet conditions set by Minem.
- Complementary measures include a national census of artisanal and small-scale miners, a mandatory geographic “sinceramiento” of operations, transfer of regional records to Minem, and buyer obligations to verify mineral origin and seller data.
- Confemin mobilized hundreds around Congress on avenida Abancay, pressing for a longer three-to-five-year extension and the unconditional reinstatement of excluded registrants.
- More than 50 business associations oppose any extension, citing CAN findings and a Constitutional Tribunal ruling that labeled Reinfo a failure, while congressional blocs remain split and a later plenary vote would still be required.