This is what you call power play.
“The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) has called for protests outside the Supreme Court on January 21, the day it holds oral arguments on petitions assailing the legality of the power rate increase that distribution utility Meralco wants to impose,” reports ABS-CBN News correspondent RG Cruz on ABS-CBNnews.com.
The report cited a statement from Bayan secretary general Renato Reyes, who said, “Meralco continues to terrorize consumers with threats of power interruptions if higher rates are not implemented. This is unacceptable. Meralco has grown so big and powerful that it thinks it is above the law. It wants us to believe that everyone is at fault except Meralco. We call on the people to protest on January 21, the day of the Supreme Court oral arguments. Let’s fill up Padre Faura and show consumer outrage against Meralco, the EPIRA and the do-nothing Aquino gov’t.”
So, who’s up for it?
