Village leaders slammed for blocking mine seems we have pressure :
KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya: Some 400 residents of the mineral-rich, upland village of Didipio here have called on the barangay (village) council to reverse its recent resolution urging the Duterte administration to junk the Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) renewal of OceanaGold Philippines Inc. (OGPI).
The majority of the residents who initiated a gen ral assembly on Thursday said the controversial barangay resolution “did not express the will of the people,” as the council failed to conduct any community consultation and that the resolution was “a product of an abuse of authority” among the proponents.
It added that some of the barangay officials committed abuse of authority in pushing for the stoppage of the operations of the Didipio Mine.
“[We] consider the move of the council as heartless, as the region and the country are still reeling from the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic,” the group said.
During the assembly, the residents also urged the barangay council to dismantle the barricades at the gates of the community in order that the company could transport its remaining copper concentrates.
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