(UPDATES) THE Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the preventive suspension of Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairman Monalisa Dimalanta for six months for allowing the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to buy electricity on the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) and pass the cost to consumers without the ERC's approval.
THE Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the preventive suspension of Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Monalisa Dimalanta for six months for allowing the Manila Electric Co. to buy electricity on the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market and pass the cost to consumers without the ERC 's approval.The Office of the Ombudsman issued the order based on the complaint filed by the National Association of Electricity Consumers for Reforms Inc.
It added Dimalanta's continued stay in office may prejudice the complaint filed against her.The Office of the Ombudsman's rules of procedure allow preventive suspension without pay of a respondent if the Ombudsman finds strong evidence of guilt.The order, signed by Ombudsman Samuel Martires, said the suspension will last until his office finishes its investigation of the case against her, but will not exceed six months.The suspension, the office said, is not a penalty.
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