Malacanang maintained that President Benigno Aquino 3rd will not force Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chair Zenaida Ducut to quit her post amid renewed calls by some lawmakers.

Lawmakers from the party-list Akbayan on Thursday asked President Aquino to remove Ducut, noting that the ERC chief "is guilty of gross neglect of duty and incompetence by tacitly approving without the barest hint of due process Meralco’s unprecedented power rate hike."

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