Obama will punish the oil companies

Those responsible for the accident at the BP oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico will be punished, if the special committee found violations of the law, said the U.S. president Barack Obama. We recall that on 20 April in the Gulf of Mexico on an oil rig Deepwater Horizon, which ran BP, a powerful explosion occurred. Then the platform burst into flames. As a result, 11 people were killed and 17 injured. Once the platform sank on April 22, started leaking oil, which has already caused damage to the state of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and the region faces an environmental disaster. U.S. authorities have assigned full responsibility for the investigation of the incident and the aftermath of the BP. President Barack Obama on May 22 announced the creation of a bipartisan presidential commission to investigate the accident. "If laws were broken, and the resulting loss of life and there have been serious consequences, then I seriously promise: we bring the perpetrators to justice on behalf of victims of disasters and people in the region Gulf of Mexico" - promised U.S. President After Meeting with Co-Chairs of the Commission, Democrat Bob Graham and Republican Bill O'Reilly. In addition, the U.S. president reiterated the need for reform of legislation regulating oil production in the country. "There was the biggest environmental disaster in our history (...) Under the threat posed not only a source of income of the population, but the very way of life (...) We are obliged to investigate the errors and determine what needs to be reformed so that such crises in the future is no longer happening, "- concluded the U.S. president.