Mining Act.

Nelson Mallari, CLAA chairperson told GLNS that mining companies are rushing to open pit mining concessions with the passage of the Mining Act of 1995 and the Supreme Court’s decision that removed all legal obstacles for unabated mining in the country.

He assailed the government’s “total disregard” of the rights of indigenous peoples who will be displaced by the mining operations.

“Patuloy nilang kinakamkam ang mga lupaing ninuno. Ginagamit ang mga militar at mga ahensya ng gobyerno tulad ng NCIP upang pwersahang ipatupad ang pagmimina sa bundok,” (They continue to land grab our ancestral domain. The military and government agencies such as the NCIP (National Commission for the Indigenous People Bulats) are being used to forcible implement mining operations), Mallari said. Gitnang Luzon News Service/Posted by (Bulatlat.com)

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