No brownout in Marawi City …Lasureco

BY: RIC CLET/MARIZ REVALES Marawi City – There is no brownout in Marawi City, according to Sultan Ashary Maongco, General Manager of the Lanao del Sur Electric Cooperative (Lasureco). Maongco stressed the city is now brownout free, contrary to the alleged by the its detractors that said Marawi City is frequently experienced brownout due to its curtailment of power made by the Lasureco . During the press briefing Maongco said only the province experienced brownout but the city of Marawi enjoys 24 hours with light except that the light cooperative presently having facelift or rehabilitation in some areas in the city which sometimes they have to temporarily shutoff its main power. Maongco also said that the light cooperative is religiously paying its debt from power producing companies which again their detractors wants to create something that will destroy good image of Lasureco under the able leadership of Maongco Maongco explained that since he assumed office last 2007 Lasureco continue its rehabilitation program, acquisition of properties and loans from other institutions. “ Since I assumed my post I continuously looking for some funds that will develop Lasureco from its former image ”,Maongco said. He added that only this year, Lasureco built five (5) substations. “ Like in Dansalan,we put up 40 plus MV power transformer. We also put up 60 footer concrete pole with 13.2 KW distribution lines. Yan ba ang sinasabi nila na wala kaming nagawa ? Saan kami kumukuha ng pera? Utang lahat yan ng Lasureco at bayad na yan,” reveals Maongco. Earlier, Alliance Regional Coalition Against People’s Poverty (ARCAPP), a group of consumers who criticized Maongco’s leadership. The group allegedly said that Lasureco debts now pegged to the amount of 5 billion pesos. Maongco made a challenged to media that his office is open even for the Commission on Audit (COA) for them to see where the financial released.