The current government, chaired by Luis Abinader of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), has set a new date for signing the long-delayed National Pact for Electricity Sector Reform.
Then show your desire and desire for the pact to be signed in December 2020, on Wednesday, the Minister of the Presidency, Lisandro Macarrulla, said that is scheduled to be signed by the end of this month.
“Everything seems to indicate that we will reach a successful conclusion on the pact before the end of January. This is the hope we have from the government team participating in that consensus that is being reached in Dominican society on an issue that has affected us historically and that for the first time we see a light at the end of the tunnel, “said Macarrulla during a press conference at the National Palace in which the Government reported on last year’s economic results.
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Earlier, the president referred to information published today in a national press which states that in the first months of the current government administration the number of employees in two of the electricity distribution companies (EDE) has increased, which has increased spending. with salaries.
About Abinader indicated that there are 355 fewer employees in EDE and stressed that before each distributor had a salary and that “everything that was dismantled”.
He added that the EDE’s financial deficit has been reduced from RD 907 million to RD 800 million, for savings of over RD 100 million.
He also indicated that “for the first time in history” the current debt with electricity companies does not exceed 30 days and that the revenue of the three distributors has increased by 150 million USD.