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05-15-2009, 04:20 PM
Several leading business and civic organizations are calling for a solution to the worsening electricity crisis in the DR. Foro Ciudadano, Participacion Ciudadana, Federation of Asociaciones Industriales, ANJE, Centro Alternativo, Copadeba, Centro de Estudios Sociales P. Juan Montalvo, La Lucha, among others make the point the continuing deterioration of the eletricity system in the DR is affecting the competitiveness and economic development of the DR. They say there is a distrust in the present government electricity team due to the "politicizing of the electricity service that is every day more expensive and inefficient and affected by growing arrears with the power generators," as reported in El Caribe. They criticize the lack of transparency in the different companies that make up the government electricity sector. "None want to give information on their payrolls. The financial information and information on tenders are very poor," they state in a public document.
The civic organizations and business groups say that the inefficiency of the electricity sector has become one of the principal constraints to economic and social development. They called for an audit and that the results be publicized. They say this would be an important step to restore confidence that entered into a critical phase after a TV investigative reporter revealed mayor payroll scandal at the Program for the Reduction of Blackouts (PRA). "The fact that the CDEEE was not able to detect the serious anomalies at the PRA calls the attention of all," says the document.
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The civic organizations and business groups say that the inefficiency of the electricity sector has become one of the principal constraints to economic and social development. They called for an audit and that the results be publicized. They say this would be an important step to restore confidence that entered into a critical phase after a TV investigative reporter revealed mayor payroll scandal at the Program for the Reduction of Blackouts (PRA). "The fact that the CDEEE was not able to detect the serious anomalies at the PRA calls the attention of all," says the document.
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