Government officials who regulate the mining industry should undergo a lifestyle check, a lawmaker said Saturday.

Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers made the proposal in light of President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that mining has become a sunset industry which he is determined to bring down because it only favors the oligarchs.

Barbers said the abusive practices could not have thrived if mining companies are not in cahoots with officials from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Environment Management Board and local government units.

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