KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya: Some 400 residents of the mineral-rich, upland village of Didipio here have called on the barangay (village) council to reverse its recent resolution urging the Duterte administration to junk the Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) renewal of OceanaGold Philippines Inc. (OGPI).

The majority of the residents who initiated a gen ral assembly on Thursday said the controversial barangay resolution “did not express the will of the people,” as the council failed to conduct any community consultation and that the resolution was “a product of an abuse of authority” among the proponents.