Aquino says Department of Energy assures that
there is adequate supply of power
President Benigno S. Aquino III says the
Department of Energy assures adequate power supply on election day after probe
into power outage that struck Luzon on Wednesday.
President Benigno S. Aquino III said on Thursday
that the Department of Energy has assured him and the entire Filipino people of
adequate power supply come election day on May 13 after its probe of the power
outage that struck a large portion of the Luzon island into darkness on
Wednesday.
The President said at a press briefing after a
political rally for local Liberal Party bets held at the Quirino Elementary
School Multi-Purpose Building in Quezon City that the DoE conducted a thorough
inventory “down to the last nut and bolt” after yesterday’s power interruption
and found no major problems with its power generating plants.
“Una, na-check na 'yung tinatawag na physical
tripping. Na-check 'yung mga lines, walang makita na mga shorts, tuloy-tuloy
ang imbestigasyon. Sabi niya (Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla) pa raw to
describe it --- talagang inimbentaryo nila down to the last nut and bolt para
ma-check nga na hindi mangyari ito ulit,” the President said.
“Merong something to do with certain switches na
... didn't kick in when they should have kicked in. Mas technical... sila na
lang ang magpapaliwanag. Pero dahil nga doon sa lahat ng pag-imbentaryo na
ginawa nila ay lalo tumaas ang (kanilang) confidence, saying availability of
electricity nationwide will be there for election day,” he added.
He stressed he had no intention to postpone the
holding of the elections on Monday and was raring to have the electoral process
finished in order to focus on more pressing problems facing the country.
“Alam nyo, pansinin naman po ninyo 'yung boses
ko. Parang ginagarantiya ko sa inyo maski anong bibliya kaya kong ipatong ang
kamay ko na wala sa interes kong i-postpone pa natin itong eleksyon na ito,”
the President said.
“Talagang ganadung-ganado na tayong matapos po
itong campaign and election period at dumiretso na ho tayo sa concentration
nalang ng pag-aayos ng mga problema ng bansa,” he said. PND (rck)
President Aquino satisfied with election
preparations
President Benigno S. Aquino III expressed
satisfaction on Thursday over the government’s preparations for Monday’s (May
13) midterm election particularly the armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and
Philippine National Police (PNP).
He said the AFP and the PNP were able to carry
out his instructions to instill the rule of law on loose firearms and private
armies in 15 provinces deemed electoral hotspots.
“There are 15 provinces na binabantayan ng husto
at marami silang achievements pa dito sa pagbubuwag ng mga private armed groups
o 'yung mga PAGs. Pagkukumpiska ng mga sandata, paghuhuli ng mga taong may mga
warrants of arrest, at saka pati na rin 'yung mga lisensyadong baril na
nag-expire ang lisensya, naka-hundred percent na po sila sa pagpupunta sa lahat
nitong mga bahay na ito; at tuloy-tuloy 'yung proseso na either isu-surrender
na sa kapulisan 'yung mga armas or ire-renew 'yung mga lisensya,” the President
said.
“So, lahat ng pinag-utos natin from last year ay
ginagawa at mataas ang kumpiyansa natin na... naka-usap ko lahat ng area
commands na rin ...na ready na tayo to forestall any more acts of violence,” he
added.
“So, sa abot ng atin pong makakaya... talaga
pong pinaghandaan itong eleksyon na ito,” the President said. PND (rck)
