Tallado, a first-term governor who ran and won under the Liberal Party (LP) ticket, expressed his sentiments following the relief of Senior Supt. Joselito Esquivel as provincial police director for failing to stop illegal mining in Camarines Norte.
Tallado said no governor in Camarines Norte has ever tried to stop small-scale mining in the gold-rich province because more than 10,000 families depend on it.
Tallado said he could earn the wrath of small-scale miners if he stopped mining without offering any alternative.
It would be political suicide for him to heed an order by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to stop small-scale mining in the province, said Tallado.
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