Quito, April 20.- The Government of Ecuador ordered the militarization of the country's hydroelectric plants in the midst of the crisis facing the sector.
The decision was carried out after President Daniel Noboa decreed a new state of exception throughout the national territory, a measure that will last 60 days and gives way to an emergent and urgent intervention by state institutions to protect the provision of electrical service. , in accordance with the Executive Decree.
Likewise, the provision takes place amidst complaints by the Government of alleged sabotage in the electricity sector.
The administration accused sector officials of the sudden emptying of the Mazar Dam, one of the most important reservoirs in the country that feeds a hydroelectric complex in the south of the country.
The Secretary of Communication of the Presidency, Roberto Izurieta, stated in an interview the day before with the local channel Teleamazonas that the floodgates were opened and the water flowed.
The Government insists on affirming that the dam was deliberately emptied as sabotage against the popular consultation next Sunday, a key process for the future of the president and the country.
The accusation received a response from the manager of the Southern division of the Electricity Corporation of Ecuador (Celec), José Gómez, who in statements to the television station RTS asserted that unfortunately information that is not adequate has been circulated.
According to Gómez, the dam does not have gates and added that all level programming is done by the National Electricity Operator (Cenace) and only its provisions are complied with there.
The military presence in the hydroelectric plants takes place when there are two days left for the popular consultation promoted by Noboa, with which he seeks to reform current laws on the control of weapons and ammunition by the Armed Forces, as well as the classification of crimes. for possession of weapons and increased penalties for terrorism or organized crime.
Noboa's problem is that in his need to be re-elected in such a short time - the presidential elections will be in February 2025 - he is privileging a management based on coups d'effect, over a technical, planned management, with short-term objectives. medium term, researcher and analyst Jacobo García commented on his social networks. (PL) (Photo: Taken from the Internet)
