Some members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dumaguete City expressed disappointment over the continued absence of Negros Oriental 2 Electric Cooperative representatives invited to explain the loan agreement on the purchase of electric posts from China.

Vice Mayor Allan Gel Cordova said the management of NORECO 2 had been invited to attend the session of the SP and then a committee meeting of the council.

After the third invitation, the Board of Directors of NORECO 2, through its secretary, James Juper Aguilar, wrote to the SP saying that “due to voluminous records concerning the contract…the Board cannot attend the meeting.”

NORECO 2 Board chairman James Fontelo had earlier said that Engineer Chito Lozano and Aguilar are leaving for China next week to check on the 4,428 concrete electric poles, worth around P52 million, manufactured by Yonder Industry Company in Zhejiang, China.

After the inspection, Sumai International Inc., the China-based supplier contracted by NORECO 2 to supply the poles, will ship the electrical posts directly to the port of Ducomi in Bacong, then to a storage facility in Dauin, both in Negros Oriental.*RA

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