Power outage hits Marcos sortie in Bohol, suspects sabotage

Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Thursday expressed suspicion that the recent power outages during his campaign sorties may not be pure coincidental but maybe related to the efforts of some groups to derail his vice presidential bid.

“Lahat ng puntahan ko, dala ko ang brownout e. Parang sumasama sa amin ang brownout, hindi ko alam kung bakit,” Marcos told reporters at the sidelines of his campaign sortie in Tagbilaran City in Bohol.

A few minutes before noon, power failure hit Shang Palace, a restaurant and events venue in Tagbilaran City, shortly before Marcos arrived there to deliver a speech.

Marcos said some people whom he had spoken to after the event said it was very unusual for such a big restaurant to experience power outage.

On Monday, power failure also hit the Iloilo City Gymnasium before Marcos was to address more than a thousand of his volunteers.

On Wednesday, Marcos’ speaking engagement in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental was also marred by power interruption.

Marcos said he could not help but suspect that there is more to the recent brownout incidents than being a simple technical glitch, pointing out that in three occasions, the brownout occurred shortly before he delivered his speech.

“I don’t know kung artificial o dedicated sa akin ang brownout na ito. There seems to be a pattern,” Marcos said.

Because of the brownouts that he experienced, Marcos was asked on his take on how the government should address the country’s power situation.

“Wala talaga tayong plano sa gobyerno para sa infrastructure kaya nagkaganito. They have not done anyting kahit matagal na ang warning sa power supply pero wala naman ginagawa,” he said.

Marcos said the next administration must study the potential of other alternative sources of energy including nuclear power.

“Let’s examine the potential of nuclear power and other alternative sources of energy because we have to increase our power supply and lower cost of production. Many developed countries are using nuclear [power] because it is the cheapest basta maayos ang patakbo,” Marcos said. — APG, GMA News