OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY     LEGISLATORS URGE "DISCONNECTORS" TO OBSERVE ETHICAL STANDARDS   People who are assigned by the Zamboanga del Sur II Electric Cooperative (ZAMSURECO II) to cut its supply of electricity to the homes and establishments of delinquent electric consumers are famously called ‘Disconnectors’. Such people, according to the members of the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay, should observe ethical standards taught to them when they operate and do theirs tasks as ‘disconnectors’ of the services of ZAMSURECO II. This was one of the hottest issues that the legislators probed during their regular session on Wednesday, January 11 at the Ipil SB Session Hall. It was reported that there were complains from some of the residents of the municipality raised to the members of the SB that ‘disconnectors’ cut their lines without permission and some are even not polite to the owner of the house because they use authoritative approach. SB Member Kathy Torralba mentioned that ‘disconnectors’ should be told to wear appropriate identification cards (IDs) and should show respect and courtesy to the owners of the houses that they will disconnect from the service of ZAMSURECO II. “They have to show respect and courtesy because that is what they are trained for. Showing their IDs or any identification that they are people from ZAMSURECO II and asking permission before cutting any services are s\examples of showing respect and courtesy”, stated Torralba. Lovelina Enteria, ZAMSURECO II Corporate Planning Manager, was present during the session and responded that the said complaints are one of the long-time problems of the electric cooperative and the latter has been conducting series of orientations and trainings for the ‘disconnectors’ on the ethical standards on how to cut electricity services to each home or establishment. SB Member Jong Largo also added that the electric cooperative should penalize disrespectful ‘disconnectors’ and the public should know that the said people were given sanctions and punishments for their unruly acts when cutting the lines and supply of electricity of the electric cooperative. “We are asking that ZAMSURECO II should implement punishments to these people if they violate the ethical standards set for them to follow when they do their jobs and if possible we should also know about this for us to believe that the electric cooperative really did something to address this long-time problem on unethical ‘disconnectors’”, Largo pointed out. Enteria then disclosed that she will see to it that the call of the legislators would reach the desk of the management of ZAMSURECO II and gave an assurance that such things and issues would be considered.