Gepty is new Akelco board of director
BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL

KALIBO, Aklan – Lawyer Ariel Batarra Gepty was overwhelmingly elected as Aklan Electric Cooperative (Akelco) board of director for District 9.
The district election for more than 12,000 electric consumers comprising the towns of Madalag, Libacao and Banga was held last Saturday.
Gepty, a native of Banga, Aklan, garnered 2,443 votes against his town mate Philip Teodosio with 923 followed by outgoing board of director Roy Gomez with 402, Genaro Mabasa with 152 and Tony Yabut with 62 votes.
Gepty tallied votes in Banga (1,101), Libacao (699) and Madalag (643) compared to his four opponents with a combined votes of 1,539.
Teodosio had 689 votes in Banga, 166 votes in Madalag and only 68 votes from Libacao while Gomez had 307 votes in Banga and 95 votes from Madalag and Libacao. Mabasa got 125 votes in Banga and 27 votes from Madalag and Libacao votes and last placer Yabut had 51 votes in Banga and 11 votes combined in Libacao and Madalag.
Two new board of directors were also elected this month of December – former Makato mayor Wayne Malilay for District 4 (Makato and Tangalan) for outgoing board of director Ermito Tabique and Norberto Lachica of Balete, Aklan for District 8 (Altavas and Balete) replacing Akelco vice president Jose Carl Quimpo of Altavas, Aklan.
Akelco is serving close to 100,000 member-consumers in the province of Aklan and the northern towns of Aklan supplying electricity from independent power producers in Panay Island.