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07-11-2011, 05:10 PM
Eduardo Estrella, president of the Dominicans for Change (DxC) party says that the government is wrong to try to attribute the blame for the current economic crisis on the International Monetary Fund and to say that the IMF has the country on its knees. Estrella said that the truth is that it is the government itself that has the Dominican people on their knees, with more unemployment, insecurity and a rising cost of living, as reported in El Dia.
"There is not a lack of money here. There are too many corrupt people, we have to eradicate that cancer and invest the money well and stop the wastefulness that there is in government. Most of the politicians have taken too much from the country and served very little," said Estrella.
He added that if the government does not begin the installation of new coal or natural gas plants in 2016 when the Madrid Accord electricity generation agreements expire, the country will be forced to sign contracts with the generators under the conditions they impose, which will mean more increases in the cost of power for consumers. He said that if the government had put Cogentrix to work using natural gas, the CDEEE would be receiving savings of US$35 million, more than it has obtained from the two recent power tariff increases. He said the failure to take that decision on time is making the people pay more for electricity.
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"There is not a lack of money here. There are too many corrupt people, we have to eradicate that cancer and invest the money well and stop the wastefulness that there is in government. Most of the politicians have taken too much from the country and served very little," said Estrella.
He added that if the government does not begin the installation of new coal or natural gas plants in 2016 when the Madrid Accord electricity generation agreements expire, the country will be forced to sign contracts with the generators under the conditions they impose, which will mean more increases in the cost of power for consumers. He said that if the government had put Cogentrix to work using natural gas, the CDEEE would be receiving savings of US$35 million, more than it has obtained from the two recent power tariff increases. He said the failure to take that decision on time is making the people pay more for electricity.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)