Generation of electricity thru nuclear technology/reaction must be first authorized by law, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III said.
Pimentel, a former Senate President, issued the statement on the plan of the Marcos administration and the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute to secure possible deals with South Korea, France and the US for the construction of nuclear power plants in the country.
Pimentel pointed out that the Local Government Code written by his father, the late Senate President Aquilino ‘’Nene’’ Q. Pimentel Jr., the local government units and their people should also now be consulted especially if their area is a chosen or potential site of the nuclear power plants. ‘’Kasama ito sa pinalakas ng dating Pangulong Duterte .Nagagalak ako nasa likod natin ang ating Pangulong Marcos ,’’ he added.
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