Venezuela: Nicolás Maduro announces the beginning of 30 days of electric rationing – 04/01/2019

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced Sunday the beginning of an electric rationing plan in the country that will last 30 days, in the middle of protest against the new power cuts.

At that time, he said, he hopes to resolve the system 's failures since March 7, when a series of national power outages began.

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"I have approved a 30-day plan to move to a cargo management regime (rationing)," said the head of government Chavez during his first appearance on television since a breakdown of Electricity occurred on Monday affected the entire country without The problem could have been solved since.

Maduro reiterated that the instability of electric power was due to alleged attacks against the system put in place by the opposition and the US administration of Donald Trump, who want to "lead the country to chaos, violence".

"The blow went directly to the production system and affected the production capacity (of the country's main hydropower plant, Guri)," he said, noting that the installation took place last Monday. he was shot with a long-range rifle it ended up damaging several teams.

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In addition, he reported that the authorities were investigating a possible infiltration into the electrical service "It could serve as a mole to damage from within."

He said that they were able to replenish their energy "in some places longer than others" with almost all of the Caracas reconnected, as well as many southern states and countries. ;is.

Meanwhile, in the west of the oil country the light remains "intermittent" and some communities accumulate up to 72 hours without electricity.

"Electric war and terrorists"

According to Maduro, constant sabotage has been exacerbated by the high temperatures which facilitate "arson" by the "terrorists".

"We are in a serious situation (…) we have managed a very serious situation," said the Venezuelan president after repeating that his government was progressing the return of the water service drinking throughout the country.

"These are the blows of an electric war to make this country crazy, to drive the people crazy, and we will not allow it, we are concentrated (…) to replace, recover, rebuild everything that has been damaged by this war, electricity and gradually restore a self-administered cargo regime, to restore electricity service to our people, "he said.

However, Maduro asked the citizens "maximum resistance, maximum patience" and "defending peace".

Beyond the official rhetoric of an "electric war", those who know the conditions of the country's energy system find other explanations about the reasons for power outages.

Experts say the most experienced operators have abandoned the monopoly national electricity company, Corpoelec, because of low wages and the paranoia atmosphere that feeds Maduro's ever-present secret police.

Source: EFE

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