By Danessa Rivera (The
Philippine Star) | Updated May 22, 2016 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines – The Department
of Energy (DOE) should now focus on sustaining reliable power supply in the
country now that the election is over, a consumer group said.
Consumer group Citizen Watch vowed
to continue-monitoring the power situation as the El Niño phenomenon continues
to affect the country.
“Now that elections are over, it is
now time to rethink our strategies for sustainable, affordable, and efficient
energy supply,” CitizenWatch secretary general Wilford Wong said.
He also said this should be the
priority of the next administration to accelerate and sustain the country’s
economic velocity.
CitizenWatch commended the DOE for
helping the country achieve a brown-out free election on May 9.
The group said it monitored the
situation and recorded no incidence of brownouts in over 92,000 clustered
precincts where a record number of Filipinos voted for local and national
positions.
“After two automated elections in
2010 and 2013, the importance of a stable electric supply has hopefully been
impressed upon our government officials. Wong said.”
“We laud the leadership of
Secretary Zenaida Monsada for this achievement,” he added.
No comments:
Post a Comment