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The general manager, Engineer Ray Bustamante, was suspended by NEA Administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda for 90 days, on allegations of disregarding NEA Memorandum No. 2017-035, dated October 24, 2017, which outlines the Revised Policy on the Selection, Hiring, Termination of Service, and Suspension of General Managers of Electric Cooperatives.He was also given 10 days from the time the order was served to explain why he should not be penalized for allegedly breaching the NEA’s rules.
NEA appointed another engineer, Domingo Santiago Jr., as the acting general manager of NOCECO for six months or until a regular general manager has been appointed. Almeda alleged that the guards were instructed not to allow NEA officials in. Alongside Almeda’s group were Negros Occidental Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer and some NOCECO directors.Aside from the alleged illegal appointment of Bustamante as the NOCECO general manager, NEA officials said two of the cooperative’s directors were disqualified from holding their positions.