The daily pickets begin days after a court dismissed a petition against the LWUA takeover of the Cagayan de Oro Water District
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The First Labor Organization of the Cagayan de Oro Water District started the “prayer for justice” demonstrations outside the COWD on Thursday, June 27, and vowed to continue during lunch breaks until their superiors resolved the issue. The LWUA’s decision has been questioned by COWD General Manager Antonio Young and members of the water district’s board, who subsequently filed a petition before a regional court to prohibit the interim officials from taking over.
The now-dismissed petition was filed by Engineer Young, Nelia Lee, Gerry Cano, and Janet Floirendo against LWUA Administrator Jose Moises Salonga, Chairman Ronnie Ong, and members of the LWUA board of trustees. Until the LWUA takeover, Lee was serving as COWD’s chairman, while Cano and Floirendo served as members of the board set aside by the regulator of the provincial water districts.
Young, however, told Rappler that he has asked the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel and Civil Service Commission about Jarales’ memo, saying it would “hamper the operations” of COWD. He said he has remained the authorized signatory for the water district’s transactions.
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