Straight Talk Nimfa L. Estrellado Former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff and retired general Roy Cimatu has been...
Straight Talk
Nimfa L. Estrellado
Former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff and retired general Roy Cimatu has been appointed acting environment secretary, replacing Gina Lopez.
Yes you read it right, Cimatu who was the former special envoy for OFW and refugees, served as chief of staff of the military in 2002 replaces Lopez as Environment Secretary.
No one was really surprised that the Commission on Appointments decided not to extend the appointment of Environment Secretary Gina Lopez.
Pacquiao, chair of the appointment body’s environmental panel, said that the decision not to appoint Lopez, whom he believes is fit for the position, was not his personal choice.
Pacquiao, meanwhile, said the hearing and deliberations on the appointment of Lopez were “difficult.” He also said he admires Lopez for her “passion” and courage but there were not enough votes to make her role permanent.
“This was a fight between Filipino and Filipino. Between those who want to save the environment and those who want to destroy it,” Pacquiao said, before moving for the adoption of the CA vote at the Senate executive session.
Gina Lopez ordered the closure of mining operations of a few firms after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) found that they did not comply with minimum prerequisites for sustainable mining. Delegates of mining firms and indigenous gatherings vigorously protested at the CA hearings against Lopez’s appointment, which was supported by environment advocates.
Gina Lopez was bypassed following two consecutive hearings a month ago. Last April 17 she was then reappointed by President Rodrigo Duterte. The new rules require the bicameral body to settle on a choice on whether to affirm or dismiss a representative who has been bypassed thrice.
“If you kill the environment, you kill everything. Sino nagdudusa kapag winawasak ang kalikasan?” she said.
According to reports the lacking of legal basis of former Environment chief Gina Lopez’s recent manifesto, which has been quizzed during her confirmation hearing Tuesday, should be a major consideration for her rejection as secretary-designate, industry stakeholders said. The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) maintained that Lopez once again failed to explain the legalities of her recent decision and policy making, including the collection of additional fees from mining companies which should have been consulted to the Congress.
“She did not provide details. She seems to not understand that her decisions require congressional law. She had no legal basis and she totally does not understand the issues [being asked],” COMP Legal and Policy Vice President Ronald Recidoro said in an interview.
Once a mining is rehabilitated or closed, the money is lost. Lose money is a lose investment.
This what Gina Lopez’s scheme to fight for environmental and climate justice and protect, and preserve our environment but clearly business interests prevailed.
I believe that there is no greater act has no one than this: to save the earth our common and only home!
This government cannot much longer play a game in which it stakes all, and its enemies stake nothing. Torn between who want to save the environment and those who want to invest in it.
However, it is important of the Earth can’t be bargained and that business interests can be directed. We keep on growing an economy that incorporates the poorest of poor people, not one that drives them to the edges, not one that flourishes while many endure. We perceive that the earth is not separate from us.
The earth is at the center of human lives as much as our human people complete the earth. At the point when the Earth’s normal system fail, so do we all. At the point when nature died, our life gives out. We understand that the immediate impact of a mining closure is the displacement of mining workers. We bolster the employing of dislodged diggers in the restoration of mining destinations and the change of these locales for ecotourism. WE NEED SECRETARY GINA IN THE DENR!
Yes you read it right, Cimatu who was the former special envoy for OFW and refugees, served as chief of staff of the military in 2002 replaces Lopez as Environment Secretary.
No one was really surprised that the Commission on Appointments decided not to extend the appointment of Environment Secretary Gina Lopez.
Pacquiao, chair of the appointment body’s environmental panel, said that the decision not to appoint Lopez, whom he believes is fit for the position, was not his personal choice.
Pacquiao, meanwhile, said the hearing and deliberations on the appointment of Lopez were “difficult.” He also said he admires Lopez for her “passion” and courage but there were not enough votes to make her role permanent.
“This was a fight between Filipino and Filipino. Between those who want to save the environment and those who want to destroy it,” Pacquiao said, before moving for the adoption of the CA vote at the Senate executive session.
Gina Lopez ordered the closure of mining operations of a few firms after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) found that they did not comply with minimum prerequisites for sustainable mining. Delegates of mining firms and indigenous gatherings vigorously protested at the CA hearings against Lopez’s appointment, which was supported by environment advocates.
Gina Lopez was bypassed following two consecutive hearings a month ago. Last April 17 she was then reappointed by President Rodrigo Duterte. The new rules require the bicameral body to settle on a choice on whether to affirm or dismiss a representative who has been bypassed thrice.
“If you kill the environment, you kill everything. Sino nagdudusa kapag winawasak ang kalikasan?” she said.
According to reports the lacking of legal basis of former Environment chief Gina Lopez’s recent manifesto, which has been quizzed during her confirmation hearing Tuesday, should be a major consideration for her rejection as secretary-designate, industry stakeholders said. The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) maintained that Lopez once again failed to explain the legalities of her recent decision and policy making, including the collection of additional fees from mining companies which should have been consulted to the Congress.
“She did not provide details. She seems to not understand that her decisions require congressional law. She had no legal basis and she totally does not understand the issues [being asked],” COMP Legal and Policy Vice President Ronald Recidoro said in an interview.
Once a mining is rehabilitated or closed, the money is lost. Lose money is a lose investment.
This what Gina Lopez’s scheme to fight for environmental and climate justice and protect, and preserve our environment but clearly business interests prevailed.
I believe that there is no greater act has no one than this: to save the earth our common and only home!
This government cannot much longer play a game in which it stakes all, and its enemies stake nothing. Torn between who want to save the environment and those who want to invest in it.
However, it is important of the Earth can’t be bargained and that business interests can be directed. We keep on growing an economy that incorporates the poorest of poor people, not one that drives them to the edges, not one that flourishes while many endure. We perceive that the earth is not separate from us.
The earth is at the center of human lives as much as our human people complete the earth. At the point when the Earth’s normal system fail, so do we all. At the point when nature died, our life gives out. We understand that the immediate impact of a mining closure is the displacement of mining workers. We bolster the employing of dislodged diggers in the restoration of mining destinations and the change of these locales for ecotourism. WE NEED SECRETARY GINA IN THE DENR!
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