Two administration lawmakers on Thursday Pres. Benigno Aquino 3rd to remove Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chair Zenaida Ducut from office for her role in approving Manila Electric Co. (Meralco)’s big-time power rate hike.

Akbayan Party-list Reps. Walden Bello and Barry Gutierrez filed an administrative complaint before the Office of the President's Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs for Ducut’s “gross neglect of duty” and “incompetence” for approving Meralco’s P4.15 per kilowatt hour (kWh) rate hike.

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