ERC chairperson Monalisa Dimalanta stepped down from her post on Monday, after receiving a six-month suspension from Office of the Ombudsman.
Energy Regulatory Commission chairperson Monalisa Dimalanta has gone on leave after the regulator received yesterday the six-month suspension order from the Office of the Ombudsman.
Dimalanta immediately ceased to perform her functions as chairperson and chief executive of the ERC upon receipt of the order. “Chairperson Dimalanta and her lawyers are studying the matter in order to take all available legal remedies given the circumstances,” the ERC said. The decision, which was handed down on Thursday last week, arose from a complaint filed against Dimalanta by the National Association of Electricity Consumers for Reforms, Inc. .
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