The DOJ finds the perpetual land trust conferred by the DENR to the Masungi Georeserve Foundation unconstitutional.
MANILA, Philippines – The House committee on natural resources questioned on Tuesday, May 16, the perpetual land trust conferred to the Masungi Georeserve Foundation Incorporated in a 2017 memorandum of agreement with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources .
The Department of Justice, in its formal opinion submitted to the committee secretariat, said this provision was in violation of Section 2, Article XII of theIn the previous hearing two months ago, DENR Undersecretary Jonas Leones said the agency had finished its review of the validity of Masungi’s contract and was only waiting for Environment Secretary Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga’s decision.
The lawmakers were also asking what the public would get from the agreement with a private entity such as MGFI, as profits were not shared nor divulged to the government.
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