President Daniel Noboathis April 16, 2024, declared an emergency in the electricity sector amid the blackouts that occur throughout the country. Ecuador because of the dry season.
Likewise, he requested the resignation of the Minister of Energy, Andrea Arroboand an investigation into the electricity companies for sabotage.
«Today we made a strong decision, once again because it is our turn to declare an emergency in the country’s energy sector. “I have asked the minister to resign and, likewise, we initiated an investigation for sabotage because in certain areas, in certain power plants there was sabotage,” he stated. Noboa.
“We will not allow that to happen and they make it miserable, the last week before the popular consultation, because they know it was lost,” he added. He has already filed a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office and the Strategic Research Center (CIES) investigates what happened.
«Anyone involved will be considered a traitor to the country and a threat to national security. Nobody is going to tell me, at the last second, that we have to give five hours of blackout to Guayas, we are not going to have any more blackouts this week. “We have made this as a decision.”
He indicated that, as a presidential measure, “to counteract the actions of these miserable people,” the Government will cover 50% of household electricity bills this month.
rapture33 years old and with a degree in International Relations, was the first woman in the history of Ecuador who held the Energy and Mines portfolio, according to the President’s communications team.
According to Ecuavisashe worked in 2012 at the then Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy and in 2017 he was regional manager for America and the Caribbean of the World Energy Council, a forum for innovative ideas based in London.
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