ERC Commissioners Gloria Victoria Yap-Taruc, Alfredo Non, Josefina Patricia Magpala-Asirit and Geronimo Sta. CSP rule deferredThe rule was supposed to take effect on Nov. 6, 2015. But on March 15, 2016, the ERC allowed a 45-day window deferring the CSP rule until April 30, 2016. ADVERTISEMENTThe deferment of the CSP rule is a “deviation from respondents’ duty to promote public interest,” read the resolutions approved by Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Gerard Mosquera. ERC rules bentThe ERC officials claimed the regulator needed time to finalize the guidelines, but the Ombudsman bound it by the November 2015 effectivity date since the officials imposed this while “fully aware” of the supposed issue.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 21, 2017 21:33 UTC