Court Denies Mexico Gov't Appeal to Sow GMOs Angelica Enciso L. - La Jornada
go to original December 1, 2014

The attempt by the Secretariat of Agriculture (SAGARPA) to issue permits for cultivation of GM corn was once again frustrated last week when an appeal was denied against the [earlier] decision by a federal judge who considers appropriate the collective complaint presented by citizens and organizations. The court thus decided [to uphold] the suspension of licenses to companies.

This government setback joins nine other adverse judgments against the multi-national seed companies and supports the injunction that the court established 14 months ago to suspend the issuance of permits for cultivation of GM corn until the endorsements for commercial planting are resolved.

After 16 months of legal proceedings in 15 courts, 89 challenges by the companies producing GMOs and by the Secretariats of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) and by SAGARPA, up to now the pendulum has swung in favor of the collective action, explained René Sánchez Galindo, lawyer handling the case for the groups belonging to Collectives AC.

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