Suspended Brooke’s Point Mayor Maryjean Feliciano stands by opposition to mining activities, bares offers from mining firms

As she faced her suspension for ordering the closure of mining operations, Brooke’s Point Mayor Maryjean Feliciano stands firm in her belief that she did the right thing for her town and fo the environment.

In a Facebook, Feliciano shared that even when she was Vice Mayor in 2007, mining firms have been offering her various benefits to gain her favor.

The offers include trucks she could use for her business as well as millions in campaign funds, but she turned all these down.

She said she was contented with her life and could not betray Brook’s Point.

Many people trust her, including farmers, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples, and workers, she said.

She would face her suspension, she said, but added that she was saddened that an illegal mining firm is depriving the 20,000 people who voted for her of the chance to serve them.

She leaves everything up to the Lord, she said, and called on those who love Brooke’s Point not to lose hope and not to be afraid.

They are fighting for a just cause, and they should not be cowed, she said.

Tuloy ang laban!

“Simula noong ako ay Vice Mayor in 2007 hanggang sa aking huling termino bilang Mayor ng ating bayan, maraming ibat ibang alok sa akin mula sa 3 minahan

1. maging contractor(hauler) bibigyan ako ng mga trucks bilang puhunan 2. Milyon milyong campaign funds sa election 3. Kung ano ang klangan ko magsabi lang ako. Tinanggihan ko po ang lahat ng ito, una sapagkat Takot ako sa DIOS, 2nd kuntento na po kami sa buhay, hindi natin madala sa hukay ang kayamanan,3rd hindi ko kayang ibenta ang bayan ng Brookes Point.

Inisip ko ang maraming taong nagtiwala sa akin.inisip ko ang mga magsasaka, mangingisda, katutubo, mga kabataan at ung mga hindi pa ipinapanganak na maapektuhan. Ginawa ko po ang aking magagawa alinsunod sa kapangyarihang ibinigay sa akin ng Local Govt Code.

Haharapin ko po ang hamon ng suspension, nakakalungkot lang sapagkat ang minahan na iligal na namutol ng libo libong punong kahoy gamit ang mga hindi lisensyadong chainsaw sa ating watershed ay nais na i deprived ang humigit kumulang 20,000 na tao na bomoto sa akin na paglingkuran ang ating bayan sa loob ng 3 taon.

Ipinagkakatiwala ko po ang lahat sa ating DIYOS, ang kabutihan, ang nagtitiwala sa KANYA at katotohanan ang siyang laging magtatagumpay. Sabi NYA “vengeance is mine.” “Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for HIM; Do not fret when evil men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.”Ps.37:7

Sa nakararami na tunay na nagmamahal sa ating bayan, wag mawalan ng pag asa, wag matakot, sapagkat tama ang ating ipinaglalaban, tuloy natin ang pagtutol sa mapang aping minahan.

GOD bless Brooke’s Point,” Feliciano posted.