MINING INDUSTRY, REPRESENTED BY FORMER SUPREME COURT

CHIEF JUSTICE REYNATO PUNO AND FORMER SC JUSTICE VICENTE

MENDOZA, SEEKS TO INTERVENE IN PETITIONS AGAINST THE MINING

ACT

June 19, 2013

In a motion filed today (June 19) with the Supreme Court, the Chamber of Mine of the !hilippine (C"M!) ## repreented by former Chief Juti$e %eynato !uno

and former Supreme Court &o$iate Juti$e 'i$ente Mendoa ## i ain* the hi*h tribunal+ permiion to interene in two petition a*ain $hallen*in* the

$ontitutionality of the Minin* &$t of 199-.

In their ubmiion, !uno and Mendoa aid the Supreme Court ha already de$ided on the $ontitutionality of the Minin* &$t in the landmar /a u*al#laan .

%amo $ae in 200, a de$iion penned by former Chief Juti$e &rtemio !an*aniban.

C"M! oined it member repondent in ain* that the petition filed by former %ep. %ia ontiero and other in Mar$h 2004 a*aint Se$tion 40 and 41 of

%epubli$ &$t 592, or the Minin* &$t, be dimied.

It further ar*ued that in$e the /a u*al rulin* ## the lon*et in Supreme Court hitory whi$h too i6 year for the hi*h tribunal to deliberate on ## there ha been

no material $han*e in the $ir$umtan$e of the !hilippine minin* indutry. 78here i no $ompellin* reaon for the hi*h tribunal to abandon it preiou rulin*. 8o

hae the Supreme Court reiit it rulin* o oon after it de$iion be$ame final in 200-, will definitely hae inetor $onfiden$e and detabilie a $riti$ally needed

indutry. C"M! added.

 &bout !hp 153 billion (:S; billion) in minin* inetment hae been poured into the $ountry in$e 200 followin* the hi*h $ourt+ rulin*, main* the indutry a

i*nifi$ant $ontributor to national deelopment.

8hoe inetment in$lude billion of peo ineted in the $ountryide<a $ru$ial drier of in$luie *rowth that benefit all < by C"M! member for rural

deelopment proe$t, a all lar*e#$ale minin* operation are lo$ated in remote or hard#to#rea$h area of the $ountry, the minin* $hamber added.

C"M! member $ompanie hae etablihed iable minin* operation under %& 592 and hae e6itin* a*reement with the !hilippine =oernment and e6pe$t

thee to be honored, the minin* $hamber aid. 7"ur member+ inetment under thee a*reement upport ob $reation, in$luie *rowth and poerty alleiation,

at the ame time prote$t the enironment and uphold human ri*ht.

C"M! treed that a table re*ulatory re*ime i a ne$eary foundation upon whi$h to en$oura*e buine inetment and the *rowth of indutrie. 7&n adere

rulin* by the hi*h tribunal on the petition not only undermine minin* inetment but alo broadly a$ro all indutrie, eerely impa$tin* the inetment $limate

and harmin* the $ountry+ $redibility. 8hi will on$e a*ain be een a $han*in* the rule in the middle of the *ame C"M! aid.

8he ontiero#led petition, C"M! aid, are iue for the >6e$utie and /e*ilatie bran$he of *oernment to de$ide, and not lod*ed with the Supreme Court

or the udi$iary whi$h i already oerly burdened with more important $ae for it $onideration. 7It alo $hallen*e not only the tability of the de$iion of the

Supreme Court, but alo the hi*h tribunal+ intitutional inte*rity, it added.