Months after the issues loomed around the religious sect of
Iglesia Ni Crsito (INC), the main gate of the Manalo sibling compound in Quezon
City are surrounded with security guards, additional CCTV cameras were
installed and a portable toilet blocks the main gate.
And now, electricity is totally cut off in the address No.
36, Tandang Sora, Quezon City. This is where two estranged Manalo siblings Angel
and Lottie are currently held up for several months now. Angel and Lottie Manalo
were both expelled from the very politically influential church in the
Philippines.
The power interruption is just among the series of moves that
target to force them out of the Manalo compound.
The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) send a notice of
disconnection to INC which states the electricity cut-off date on September 29,
2015 with a tantamaount bill amounting to P1,388,950.59. However, it was not disconnected not until
last December 1, 2015.
But representatives from Meralco manifested that they were
not the one who cut off the electricity line in Tandang Sora. According to a
source, the bill covered other areas inside the INC central compound that have
ballooned to more than a million pesos due to unpaid bills since September.
Another expelled INC minister Isaias Samson, Jr. revealed
that the Manalo residence electricity line is connected to the central office,
saying there is also a submeter that could give electricity to the Tandang Sora
residence. But, according to him the submeter was surrounded by a fence to
prevent others from using it. He also added that the electricity submeter line
is once in a while cut off. But sad to say, on December 1, it was completely
cut off.
Residents Complains
The residents in the compound are complaining the electricity
cut-off since the Meralco bill was specifically made in the name of the INC and
not to the No. 36 Tandang Sora address.
Residents also questioned why their residence was only cut-off but
the guardhouse in the main gate has still electricity.
Who will pay the bill?
The big question now is, who is responsible to pay for the
bill, the residents of 36 Tandang Sora or the Iglesia Ni Cristo that is written
on the Meralco bill?
Source: rappler.com
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