“Mining is a viable economic activity that we recognize because we are rich in natural resources. But [minerals] are a finite resource,” said Judy Pasimio, former executive director of the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center, which sided with indigenous communities opposed to mining. She represents Lilak (Purple Action for Indigenous Women’s Rights).
They made these assertions at a news conference on behalf of a coalition of groups and people who petitioned the Supreme Court to declare the mining law unconstitutional.
CasiƱo was here to participate in oral arguments scheduled by the Supreme Court, sitting en banc, on regarding two challenges filed in 2008 against the mining law.
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