Bacolod Bishop Vicente Navarra, who mediated the impasse between the Bacolod City government and Central Negros Electric Cooperative that had plunged about one-third of Bacolod into darkness last night, said he was happy the problem had been resolved.

Many parts of Bacolod City had no electricity, while in some areas water supply was affected,  triggering numerous angry complaints from residents.

Before the dialog, Navarra said the city government and CENECO should resolve their differences and not let the public suffer.

“If ever they meet at the table right then and there they should pay the other what is due and not let the general public suffer,” he said.

“I believe it’s a matter between two mature people,” he said.

Bacolod residents complained that they were out of power and were told by Ceneco that repairs could not been made because the city government was preventing the cooperatives crew from going out.

“No one is happy with the political bickering in Bacolod,” Felipe Levy Gelle, Bayan Negros secretary general, said.

He said the city’s officials should instead concentrate their efforts on addressing poverty and hunger.*CPG

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