NewsWhore
05-30-2007, 02:50 PM
In another continuing saga, it appears that Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda is going to seek direct assistance from the Ford Motor Company in Spain to solve the problem of the out-of-service police cars. The cars were purchased directly from Spain, by-passing the local Ford concessionary. The police vehicles are diesel models and the local Ford dealer only imports gasoline-engine cars. Almeyda is balking at paying the 5% concession fee the local dealer is asking as the price for servicing the vehicles. Almeyda says that he asked local exclusive Ford representative Viamar to service the vehicles on a pay-as-you-go basis, but Viamar wants its 5% fee, a total of US$59,250 up front. Minister Almeyda said that he would go directly to Ford for assistance if Viamar did not help. Another part of the story is that the minister is blaming the Chief of Police for the lack of maintenance, but the chief sidestepped questions from reporters, saying that patrols were working since there were no violent crimes over the past 24 hours.
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