Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairman Zenaida Ducut and other members of the ERC should resign for their “hasty and unjust” approval of the recent Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) power rate hike, a lawmaker said on Friday.

Rep. Neri Colmenares of Bayan Muna party list said that the ERC could have reviewed the rate hike, which was recently stopped by the Supreme Court (SC) through a 60-day temporary restraining order (TRO), for an ample amount of time.

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