ADVERTISEMENTPhilreca did not identify the big companies planning to take over franchises of rural electric cooperatives. “The pain of 17 electric cooperatives is the pain of 121 electric cooperatives,” said Claire Demaala, Paleco spokesperson, during the rally. Paleco is one of the 17 cooperatives listed by the DOE as problematic in its letter to Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The letter, which the DOE said had been withdrawn, asked the House of Representatives to cancel the cooperatives’ franchises. In Davao del Sur, officials and employees of Davao del Sur Electric Cooperative Inc. (Dasureco) joined the nationwide Philreca protest.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 17, 2019 21:11 UTC