LALA, LANAO DEL NORTE – Coal Resistance Movement formally expanded throughout Lanao del Norte through the newly formed municipal cluster representations on June 20 at Jurassic Park, Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte.
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| Photo by Jamel Ann Caylan |
The development happened
after the forum on the “Impact of Coal-Fired Power Plant in Coastal and Upland
Ecosystem” was conducted as part of the CoRe Movement’s massive community
education throughout the province.
“This is a breakthrough
for the movement so [that] information dissemination throughout Lanao del Norte
will be easier and faster especially on lobbying and community educations”,
said Mario Pongase of DKMP-Lanao, and a member of CoRe, as he welcomes the idea
cluster representations of the movement. “The campaign [against coal] is not
just a concern aimed at farmers and fisherfolks but, rather, a concern for
everybody, including children”, he added.
The new CoRe clusters were
mainly farmers and fisherfolks from different sectors of peoples organizations
within LdN under the civil society organizations Kilos-Ka (Kilusang Maralita sa
Kanayunan), DKMP (Demokratikong Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas), LAFCOOD
(Lanao Aquatic & Marine Fisheries Center for Community Development), Inc.
and LFAN (Lanao Fisheries Advocacy Network).
Each
of the municipal CoRe clusters came up with different and unique activities
which will be done from their respective municipalities – from “PISO against
Coal”, petition signing, community education, radio program guesting to
financial upkeeps – to advance the movement’s main advocacy which is to put an
end to the construction of coal-fired power plants and any other processes that demand for the massive
extraction and usage of coal minerals in Ozamiz city, Lanao del
Norte and Iligan city.
The
initiatives were also in preparation for the movement’s 92-Kilometer Climate
Walk and Coal Resistance March starting from Lala, Lanao del Norte all the way
to Iligan city this July 19 to 25.
The forum on “Impact of
Coal-Fired Power Plant in Coastal and Upland Ecosystem” was in partnership with
Mindanao Peoples Peace Movement (MPPM), LFAN and the CoRe Movement.
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