More government bureaucracy

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Through decree 814-08, President Leonel Fernandez has created the Presidential Committee for the Strengthening the Electric Sector. Fernandez himself will lead the committee, which will be made up of government employees and private sector representatives, including Jose L. Corripio, Lisandro Macarrulla, Felix Garcia, Juan Vicini Lluberes, Roberto Bonetti and Celso Marranzini. PUCMM University rector and the DR's leading mediator Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado will also sit on the committee. The decree stipulates that members must meet to discuss energy sector issues at least once a month. This is the latest attempt in a long-standing tradition of trying to solve the energy issues through the creation of another government bureaucratic structure. If history is anything to go by, this commission will meet in its early stages, and will present ideas for solving the country's energy crisis, but little will actually get done. This is backed up by the fact that the decree that creates the committee accepts that energy problems are due to lack of payment. This is the big elephant in the room, yet the government seems unwilling to effectively tackle this issue, despite dozens of studies indicating that the problem is one of political inability to take tough decisions.

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