The chief of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) has warned of legal action against the management and three board members of Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) for defying the agency's partial intervention in the water distributor's operations.
THE chief of the Local Water Utilities Administration has warned of legal action against the management and three board members of Metropolitan Cebu Water District for continuing to defy the agency’s partial intervention in the water distributor ’s operations for a period of six months beginning March 15, 2024. “There will certainly be a legal corrective action, thus we warn the MCWD management to reconsider its actions following its suspended board.
has ordered Daluz, Seno and Pato to vacate the premises of MCWD’s office and cease usurping the authority of the interim board that it had appointed. InsubordinationThe agency also ordered MCWD general manager Edgar Donoso and assistant general manager for finance Pia Mae Barnido to provide explanations as to why they should not face sanctions for serious dishonesty, grave misconduct, gross neglect of duty, gross insubordination and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.
, and accept the partial intervention,” he added. Different interpretationsThe OGCC’s opinion has been interpreted differently by is authorized to intervene in the operations and management of a water district, including policy-making. However, this power is subject to limitations imposed by its charter.In a statement dated March 26 and signed by Solomon Hermosura, government corporate counsel, and Owen Vidad, the officer-in-charge who handles the legal affairs of water districts, the OGCC explained that before the
’s power to intervene in water district operations is not absolute and must be exercised with caution within the limits imposed by PD 198.Finding faultMCWD, in a statement Thursday, said
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