The government of Ecuador decreed on Wednesday the suspension of the working day for two days and indicated that more than 20 high-level officials in the Ministry of Energy, including former minister Andrea Arrobo, have intentionally withheld information about problems in the supply of electricity, according to a statement.
The text indicates that on Thursday and Friday there will be no work in the public and private sectors, since “during these days maintenance will be carried out on the power plants at certain immutable times” that will be reported soon.
The presidential statement also indicates that a complaint was filed with the Prosecutor’s Office for the “paralysis of public service with 22 saboteurs who sought to harm Ecuadorians.”
Likewise, he reported that investigations indicate that warnings and alerts were “suppressed and undone” in front of the Energy Crisis Committee to take the respective measures, and the recent energy cuts were not only issued due to environmental circumstances, but due to “unheard of acts.” of corruption and negligence”, hiding information about the critical conditions of the Mazar reservoirs, whose storage level is 0%, and Paute, which is at 4%, respectively, a situation that “exceeds historical records.”
President Daniel Noboa declared an energy emergency on Tuesday, dismissed Arrobo and entrusted the current Minister of Transportation, Roberto Luque, with that Energy portfolio, while the country deals with a serious crisis that has generated scheduled cuts.
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