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Aquino tells Petilla he can’t quit
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President Benigno Aquino III yesterday rejected the Philippine energy secretary’s offer to resign for failing to meet a self-imposed target to restore power in all typhoon-ravaged towns by Christmas Eve, an official said.
Aquino instead praised Jericho Petilla for “excellent performance” in re-energizing 317 of 320 towns that lost power after Typhoon Haiyan hit on November 8, presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said.
It was originally estimated it would take up to six months to restore power but Petilla managed to do most of the work in 40 days, he said.
Haiyan’s ferocious wind and storm surges knocked down thousands of transmission towers and electric posts including in worst-hit Tacloban city, where a major geothermal plant was damaged, officials said.
Aquino said “he has no intention of losing the services of an honorable public servant,” according to Lacierda.
The typhoon killed at least 6,100 people in the central Philippines and displaced millions.
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