THE Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)’s closure and suspension of 28 mining companies can be appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte as part of due process, the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Thursday.

In a statement, Finance Undersecretary Bayani Agabin, who heads the DOF Legal Services Group, said that “as such, [the decision] can be reversed, modified or altered, if warranted” by Malacañang.

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