This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.'The government vulnerabilities and issues within the mining sector should be addressed before the country decides to commit to a head-on energy transition,' says Bantay Kita, a coalition of civil society organizations working on the extractive sector in the Philippines
The group said that “the government vulnerabilities and issues within the mining sector should be addressed before the country decides to commit to a head-on energy transition.” John Edison Ubaldo, Bantay Kita’s Knowledge Mobilization Specialist, citing the result of their study, said, “The Philippine government also lacks an institutionalized policy framework that upholds the state’s duty to safeguard host communities from human rights issues rooted from extractive activities.”
Bantay Kita’s study recommended the passage of Senate Bill No. 1125 or An Act Providing for the Creation of the Philippines Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative , as a regulatory body for the extractive industries.