In a press conference held in Barranquilla, at noon of Tuesday, the Minister of Mines, German Maple, and the Superintendent of Domiciliary Public Services, José Miguel Mendoza, explained that the intervention Electricaribe is an inauguration that will be held for two months and may be extended to two more, to define if the decision is taken to liquidate or to continue to administer it by iv.
in the meantime, I searched, officials said, was to remove the representatives of the company and to the members and alternates of the Board of Directors.
To do this, as explained by Mendoza, was appointed to experts in the field of public services such as Javier Lastra, who comes in as manager, and Edgardo Sojo, who takes over as president. The us firm Tetra Tech, which will assist in the management of the networks of the company for the compliance rates strengthen.
That team, reinforced by a technical delegation of the Superservicios, will work to the company’s operation will continue normally and will ensure the service to the people of the Caribbean Region.
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Among the most important findings of the press conference it became known that all of the debts that the company has with third parties are frozen temporarily, while they find the way that can be repaired.
“The reasons that led to this taking of possession are two: lat first the company is in cessation of payments, and does not meet with your suppliers, and the second has to do with that is not in a position to provide a service of quality and continuity in the region”, said Mendoza.
The minister Maple, for his part, said that with this decision ensures the plan of investments by 3,4 billion were executed through the Plan5Caribe.
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“it Was a friendly negotiations. We have not burned the ship or broken bridges”, said the officer, to explain that does not change the position of Gas Natural Fenosa as the owner of the assets of Electricaribe.
“this begins to organize the company and is just the turmoil in the region, however, cannot provide an immediate solution to a problem of more than 10 years so it will be a long road. the Find a company with a clear balance of deterioration in its infrastructure to operate”, added the Superintendent of Public Services.
In terms of the funding model, both officials concluded that the company will continue to operate normally through the resources obtained through the collection and mechanisms that are drawn with the Ministry of Finance to cover the shortfall which will most likely is going to be.
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“To cover the deficit are available from a fund that the Government is willing to face a crisis in public services as this”, scored.
Also made it clear that the contracts of the employees of the Electricaribe will continue in the normal way and that the only way it will work the process that starts this Tuesday is with the help of this human talent to operate the company.
“there will be No massacre of labour. Success in possession depends on the workers to continue with t-shirt”, added.
BARRANQUILLA
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