FORMER Environment secretary Gina Lopez on Wednesday slammed the interagency Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) for “favoring business interests” by lifting the ban on open-pit mining.

The MICC, headed by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez and Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, on Tuesday recommended the lifting of the ban on destructive open-pit mining ordered by Lopez in April before leaving the Duterte Cabinet.

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