The Superior Council of Private Enterprise has lodged an partial appeal against the law authorizing a Hong Kong company to build and operate a canal.
Joseph Adam Aguerri, president of the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (Cosep), said that they will go to court to challenge the law passed last Thursday by Congress with the votes by congressmen allied with the Sandinista party (FSLN) led by President Daniel Ortega.
President Ortega has said studies will be started for the construction of a canal linking the Caribbean and the Pacific using the San Juan River and Lake Nicaragua.
The idea of building an interoceanic canal has returned to be floated in Nicaragua, where President Daniel Ortega announced that he will begin studies on this huge and costly project.
"We have given the task of coordinating the team to Deputy Foreign Minister Manuel Coronel and (former rebel) Eden (Pastora) , who are familiar with the river, its course, its tributaries and depth," Ortega said in Managua, according to a cable from AFP reproduced on Mipunto.com.
The $7 million airport will have a runway of 1500 meters, and will serve aircraft carrying up to 42 passengers.
The manager of the International Airports Administration Company (EAAI, by its Spanish initials), Orlando Castillo, added that environmental impact studies have already been carried out. The new airport will be built on the site where a tobacco company previously operated.