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07-29-2009, 02:40 PM
The nation's business sector is firing back at Radhames Segura, vice president of the State-owned Electricity Corporations (CDEEE) after the chief executive of the public electricity services blamed the business sector for not investing in the energy sector and pointing to this as the leading cause of the present deficit. Segura, in his latest deferment of blame, pointed to business for the failures of the Edes (Sur, Norte and Este) and claimed that the businesses sector wants to force the government to sell the distribution companies to the private sector at a knockdown price.
Lisandro Macarulla, president of the National Business Council (CONEP) remarked that this is the same argument Segura employs every time the system collapses in the DR.
Macarulla said that it is difficult for the business sector to invest in the energy sector because there is no guarantee of return on that investment and a lack of judicial security.
He added that Segura had received US$6 billion from the government over the past 7 years and has yet to do anything tangible to resolve any of the problems with the sector.
Macarulla also accused Segura of having a monopoly on the nation's electric sector and controlling all parts of the sector.
Segura has been personally accused of corruption in office in the case of the CDEEE, with a recent Nuria Piera TV investigative journalism show focusing on the bloated payroll at the CDEEE that includes 43 relatives and persons close to relatives of Segura himself.
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Lisandro Macarulla, president of the National Business Council (CONEP) remarked that this is the same argument Segura employs every time the system collapses in the DR.
Macarulla said that it is difficult for the business sector to invest in the energy sector because there is no guarantee of return on that investment and a lack of judicial security.
He added that Segura had received US$6 billion from the government over the past 7 years and has yet to do anything tangible to resolve any of the problems with the sector.
Macarulla also accused Segura of having a monopoly on the nation's electric sector and controlling all parts of the sector.
Segura has been personally accused of corruption in office in the case of the CDEEE, with a recent Nuria Piera TV investigative journalism show focusing on the bloated payroll at the CDEEE that includes 43 relatives and persons close to relatives of Segura himself.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)