Bayan Muna lawmakers strongly criticized the construction of a 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Davao City as part of the solution to the lingering power shortage in Mindanao.

House Deputy Minority Leader Neri Colmenares and Rep. Carlos Zarate said the power plant, which was inaugurated by President Benigno Aquino 3rd on Friday, exposed the “hypocrisy” of the Aquino administration.

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