Senator Joel Villanueva is looking to have at least a second reading approval of Meralco’s franchise renewal before the Senate takes a break on Feb. 8.
READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/16/villanueva-eyes-approval-of-meralco-s-franchise-renewal-before-senate-break
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READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/16/villanueva-eyes-approval-of-meralco-s-franchise-renewal-before-senate-break
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00:00I've been defending for quite some time, I think for the past three weeks,
00:06mula pa nung time ng December.
00:11I think by Monday, matatapos yung interpolations, debates, and amendments, period of amendments.
00:23Yan yung tingin ko at nakikita ko as a mahirap mang aminin na veteran legislator here in the Senate.
00:34I think itong week na papasok would be the last week of interpolations, debates, and period of amendments.
00:45So hopefully before, I'm looking at before the break, mapasa namin ito at least on second reading.
00:55Q&A
01:15With regard to major issues na parang magaharang or anything, wala.
01:44Kasi alam din naman ng mga colleagues natin how important this measure will be if we pass it immediately.
01:52Merong security concerns din dito na kailangan nating maintindihan.
01:57At higit sa lahat yung interruption, di natin pwedeng mainterrupt yung servisyon ng Meralco to 8 million consumers.
02:08So hanggang bago magbreak, hanggang second reading lang sir yung kaya?
02:11Well, the farther we get, the better as far as I'm concerned being the sponsor of the measure.
02:19But conservatively speaking, matapos on second reading, hopefully by next week actually. That's what I'm shooting for.
02:30Pwede naman. Pwede naman. Butuhan na lang.
02:36So yung pinakamalaking niningilang talaga ng Senators is yung rate, and nabigay na yan sir?
02:41Rates, yung creeping, yung probable conflict of interest sa generation. So yan, all of that.
02:51Yan yung mga tinakil. And I think ang pinaka-naging core is yung complaints, refunds, papaanong...
03:03Kasi I myself was also concerned about it. Yung mataas na rates, papaano mag-refund, yung Supreme Court made a decision...
03:14Yung mga decisions din ng court, nag-comply ba sila? And they are. They are complying. They complied and they are complying.
03:21Yung they are complying, in a sense, kaya ako sinabing they are complying because hindi pa tapos dahil hindi pa nakikita rin yung ibang mga pag-refunda nila.
03:31And that is cheat yung tawag na mag-create ng account for the government, dun ilalagay yung pondo.