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Muna wants high performance from CUC
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Posted on May 05 2008
New Commonwealth Utilities Corp. executive director Antonio Muna is optimistic that the financially troubled situation at CUC can be turned around.
In a press conference, Muna said he had a meeting with CUC managers and financial personnel yesterday and he just realized that the agency has the necessary assets and that it is just a matter of giving the staff the proper direction.
“As we go through this process of assessment, my optimism is going to increase, hopefully as we go on,” said Muna, who assumed as replacement for Anthony C. Guerrero effective yesterday.
The executive director said CUC personnel will see performance from him and that he also expects that from all the staff.
“Performance. That’s the bottom line. We’ve got to perform,” Muna stressed.
He said he would be the first one to get out from CUC if he feels he is not adequate for the job.
“It’s going to be above performance. We want to quantify it. We want to communicate it. We’re going to expect it that they (personnel) achieve whatever performance goals everyone is given,” Muna said.
With respect to the ongoing rehabilitation at the power plants, Muna said he wants to ensure that the timeline that Gov. Benigno R. Fitial stated in the State of the Commonwealth Address will be followed and that the contractor’s work will stay as scheduled.
“We’re not just looking at this from a day-to-day process. We’re looking at it as projected out for the next six to 12 months. Our findings will be communicated to the public and that’s what we intend to do,” he said.
On his appointment, Muna said it came as a request from Fitial.
“As far as my standpoint, it’s just answering the call for public service,” he said.
Muna said he believes that his 20 years’ experience in managing, accounting, and public service will help him in his new position.
Muna had resigned as budget official for the Fitial administration in December 2007, but stayed on as a financial adviser to the governor.
