Letter Shows Lafayette Mining Corporation Ordering PGMA
The letter of Lafayette Philippines Inc. (LPI) dated Feb. 26, 2004 to
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, asking the chief executive to
direct the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) to forward the
application of the Rapu-Rapu Polymetallic Project to her office,
showed that the Australian mining firm exerted undue influence,
coerced and commanded the highest official in the land to act
favorably on the demand of LPI. This was the basis of the complaint
filed by militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang
Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) against President Arroyo, two
cabinet members, and mining officials led by Rod Watt, country manager
of Lafayette Philippines before the Office of the Ombudsman.
BY JEREMIAHS ANTONIO III
Bulatlat
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