Employees, coop members 'take back' Beneco on 3rd day of NEA takeover

Employees and member-consumer-owners took back the Benguet Electric Cooperative headquarters on Wednesday morning, October 20, three days after National Electrification Administration officials and appointees staged a pre-dawn takeover with the help of armed police forces.

After negotiations with Baguio City Police Chief Glenn Lonogan, the protesting employees and MCOs entered the Beneco compound and office at 8:45 am.MCOs and employee representatives have asked police to leave and allow conditions to normalize in the power coop compound. Lonogan said there were around 500 protesters while organizers gave a 1,000-person estimate of the crowd. As of 10 am, Lonogan remained inside the Beneco offices to supervise the police presence.

“It has disrupted many activities and undertakings, from great projects of government workers and leaders to the smallest efforts of simple citizens and students that entail electricity,” the head of the Baguio diocese said. Mayo explained that the NEA deputized the PNP to implement a suspension order against seven Beneco board of directors and their appointed general manager, engineer Melchor Licoben. NEA ordered the police “to employ all necessary steps” to prevent the suspended Beneco officials from exercising authority.The combat-like operation to take control of the civilian electric utility facility caused alarm and frightened employees.

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