“This smacks of opportunism and a blatant attempt to ride on the death of our colleague to advance a parochial agenda,” the statement added. That is the responsibility of our Market Operations Service (MOS) and our Regulatory Operations Service (ROS), of which Director Villa has no connection,” Salazar said. “I appointed Director Villa as chairman of a bidding committee, the function of which is to procure goods and services, not to evaluate the requirements of power firms. “May I appeal to these parties to refrain from capitalizing on the death of our colleague,” the ERC chairman said. “I have instructed the officials of the ERC to restrain themselves from making any defense in the wake of the many allegations now facing the ERC in the aftermath of Director Villa’s death.

Source: Manila Times November 23, 2016 09:19 UTC