MALACAÑANG has asserted its authority over the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and formed a panel to investigate its head, Zenaida Ducut, for her alleged failure to stop the exorbitant rate hike imposed by the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco).

According to Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., the Investigative and Adjudicatory Division (IAD) of the Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs (DESLA) has received the complaint of party-list group Akbayan against Ducut.

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