Venezuela Suspends
Caracas Power Rationing
CARACAS
- Venezuelan President hugo Chavez reported
on Wednesday at midnight he had ordered to
suspend electricity rationing in Caracas,
due to the negative impact of the measure.
During a telephone conversation with
Venezolana de Television station's La
Hojilla show, Chavez held he requested the
resignation of Electric Energy Minister
Angel Rodriguez, who accepted it as a
soldier.
According to the president, there were
errors in implementing the rationing measure
and committed technical faults.
He said people did not have enough
information about the time when there would
be power cuts and there were areas where the
planned blackouts were not carried out, and
others in which there were additional cuts
to those planned.
"This government has to be able to accept
its mistakes and rectify them on time," he
remarked, and asserted that the saving plan
in the country's interior will be
maintained, because it is working properly.
Chavez announced that the issue of the
electricity rationing in Caracas will be
analyzed again and also consulted with the
different sectors involved.
"Rectifying is wise," the Venezuelan
president said about the electricity
rationing plan that started on Wednesday
with four-hour cuts at different times,
according to the sector. |
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