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HINDI malayong dumoble ang buwanang singil sa konsumo ng kuryente sa lalawigan ng Albay sa sandaling tuluyang kontrolin ng Meralco ang Albay Electric Cooperative (ALECO).
Sa isang kalatas, partikular na kinastigo ng grupong Albayanon Laban sa Pagsasapribado ng ALECO (ALPA) ang anila’y sabwatan ng oligarko at politiko sa isinusulong na “takeover” ng dambuhalang utility distribution company.
“We, the people of Albay, stand firm and united in our resolute rejection of privatizing the Albay Electric Cooperative or ALECO,” pambungad na pahayag ng ALPA.
“The predominant plan of takeover by the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) poses not only a betrayal of the ALECO owner-member-consumers, but a manipulative scheme of the politico-corporate exploits.”
Hindi rin anila dapat isakripisyo ang kapakanan ng mga Albayanon.
“Surrendering ALECO to politico-corporate control is predisposed to amassing the welfare and proprietary utilization of its energy source, seizing the sovereign wealth of the Albayanos. “
Taliwas anila sa pangakong pagpapabuti ng serbisyo ang tunay na pakay ng dambuhalang kumpanya.
“The Aleco privatization is unparalleled to achieve genuine empowerment, wherein massive expenses endured to be charged relentlessly to its owner-member-consumers.”
“ALECO’s transformation to becoming a true cooperative has only begun, to which the owner-member-consumers embrace the struggle. We affirm that owner-member-consumers be continuously catalyzed with capabilities, values, and practices to realize ALECO as a genuine peoples’ cooperative,” dugtong ng grupo.
Sa sandaling makapasok ang Meralco sa ALECO, naniniwala ang ALPA na tuluyan nang magiging negosyo ang paghahatid ng kuryenteng mula sa likas na yaman sa naturang lalawigan.
“ALECO retains to serve the welfare of the Albayanos, a not-for-profit peoples’ cooperative, to be enslaved by a politico-corporate monopoly at the disposal of owner-member-consumers’ expense.”
Panawagan ng ALPA sa mga miyembro ng kooperatiba, tutulan ang monopolyong magpapahirap sa mga Albayanon.
