Petilla changes tune on emergency powers call

ENERGY Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla on Monday clarified that invoking emergency powers for President Benigno Aquino 3rd to address the looming power problem next year will be the government’s last option.

In a clear change of stance, Petilla declared that the government will exhaust all available means to generate power supply and will resort only to seeking emergency powers for President Aquino” if all else fail.”