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Lawyer Rey Gorgonio, legal council for Negros Power Watch, claimed that the ousting of NOCECO’s nine board members and the suspension of its general manager were carried out without legal justification as a registered cooperative under Republic Act No. 9520 or the Cooperative Code of the Philippines.
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. The Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association Inc. has reiterated that the NEA does not have the power to appoint or determine the selection criteria for GMs of electric cooperatives. The group stated that the selection process removed the EC’s right to choose its general manager, rendering the EC powerless.