MANILA, Philippines – Rappler CEO Maria Ressa talks to outgoing Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras.
Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras says he’s fighting an uphill battle against political interests and corruption. Almendras hopes the fight to ‘depoliticize’ energy would carry on after his term ends. He hopes the fight to ‘depoliticize energy would carry on after his term ends.
Rappler sources say Almendras will soon be named to another post in the cabinet. The energy secretary and the President stop short of officially confirming the revamp. In a country of more than 7000 different islands, the national energy agenda is interlocked with local needs and politics.
Almendras says that although it made him unpopular he is making local power cooperatives more accountable.
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