Environment advocate Gina Lopez, the managing director of ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. (AFI), defended a tourism project in Palawan after it was accused of “forcibly” taking over an ancestral land using police and military forces.
In an interview in ANC’s “Headstart” this week, Gina Lopez was asked by Karen Davila to clarify the viral post of a netizen of her endorsing Presidential aspirant Rodrigo Duterte in a forum last week. “I feel you know since this is my stand, is that the way out for our country is to keep our environment clean, and to do things in such a way that it is inclusive so that everyone will benefit and it needs a certain level of gutsiness. You know, like a noble fight,” she answered.
Gina added, “Because you can either have a corrupt politician or you can have a weak politician and they are both not good. And the reason why I am leaning towards Duterte because of his gutsiness and ‘tapang’ and he is against mining and has not allowed any mining in Davao.”
“He said in several footages that this (mining) is not good because th people are not benefiting. I have footages and he is gutsy and ‘matapang.’ And if he doesn’t like something, he is not gonna do it and I feel at this point in time, again this is personal….”
Watch the full interview here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKXEB8S0jOg
