INEC should revisit BOD qualifications

INEC should revisit BOD qualifications—Batac mayor

Batac mayor Jeffrey Jubal Nalupta

By Dominic B. dela Cruz

Staff reporter

Batac City—Mayor Jeffrey Jubal Nalupta sees the need to revisit the qualifications to become a member of the board of director (BOD) of the Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative.

Mr. Nalupta made the suggestion after no candidate qualified for the Batac district which became vacant after the death of former INEC director Jesus R. Nalupta Sr.

The Batac mayor stressed that the qualification to become an INEC director has now become stricter than becoming a President of the country.

He cited as an example a member-consumer who failed to pay his/her bill on time until the due date disqualifies his/her from becoming a candidate.

A prospective candidate must also have at least attended at least two Annual General Membership Assembly (AGMA) meetings in the last five years.

This, he said, is a problem since member-consumers will not travel very far from their homes just to attend a general assembly.

Mr. Nalupta, a former INEC director himself, said INEC should review the issues he had raised to attract candidates for the directorship.

An earlier Batac district election was called off after the two persons who filed their candidacies were both disqualified.

The cooperative rescheduled the election for October but no one filed his/her candidacy.

Mr. Nalupta however does not see the non-representation of the Batac district in the INEC board as a problem with respect to the cooperative’s services.

Currently, San Nicolas-Laoag (South of the River) director Marlon Valdez is acting as officer-in-charge of the Batac district.

INEC reacts

Reacting to Mr. Nalupta’s suggestions, INEC interim services department (ISD) manager Menchie Cariaga welcomed them.

Ms. Cariaga said the matter has already been forwarded to the National Electrification Administration (NEA) and Department of Energy (DOE) for review.

She expressed hopes that their request will be granted so they could have more candidates for INEC’s directorship posts.

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