"We fear that the issue on power shortage is being used to cover up the recent electricity rate increase of P1.25/kWh by Meralco, the highest in the country; the continuous payment to government's and Meralco's onerous and expensive contracts with independent power producers (IPPs); and, the amendments in the implementing rules and regulations of EPIRA which was approved last June 21 by the Joint Congressional Power Commission, with the prodding of the Executive, that allowed the automatic cost recoveries of Meralco," said FDC. "We call on the government to be more vigilant and punish the unscrupulous utilities that will be taking advantage of the situation to extract profits to their advantage," FDC said. --------------------////--------------------- Posted by doy at 7:24 PM 57 comments:
Maliban sa isyu ng katiwalian, sa ilang dekadang "mo de of development" na ipinatupad ng mga nagdaang pangulo ng bansa mula kay Quirino, Magsaysay, Macapagal, Marcos, (GMA) Arroyo at tila hanggang sa kasalukuyang Pnoy administrasyon (50 years), marami na ang kumukwestiyon kung "tunay nga bang nakatulong sa kaunlaran at demokratisasyon ang dekadang patakarang sa pangungutang, pag-eengganyo sa dayuhang capital, pagtalima sa dikta ng dayuhang capital, lalong-lalo na ang pangongopya ng development approach (CCT-DSWD) mula sa mauunlad na bansang Mexico at Brazil?"